Boston Scientific Corporation CRM Batteries Beat Medtronic, Inc., St. Jude Medical

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Researchers compare battery life in active implanted defibrillators, reporting that Boston Scientific's devices have more durable batteries than implants from St. Jude Medical or Medtronic. Medical device maker Boston Scientific (NYSE:BSX) touted a new study proclaiming the reliability of the batteries in its implanted defibrillators, which bested devices by Medtronic (NYSE:MDT) and St. Jude Medical (NYSE:STJ) in a clinical study. Researchers examined nearly 650 "current models" of implantable cardioverter defibrillators, all implanted between Jan. 1, 2008 and Dec. 31, 2010. At about 2.5 years 25% of Medtronic's devices had already depleted their batteries, compared with 7% of St. Jude's and 4% of Boston Scientific's.

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