This is new territory for Medtronic, which has hitherto made high-end, costly kit.

这是美敦力公司的的新领域。迄今为止美敦力已经在此制造出高端昂贵的系列产品。

Medtronic, a large medical-device-maker, is developing many products that use wireless communications.

大型医药器材制造商Medtronic正在研制许多利用无线交流的产品。

Of all the things that Medtronic did to "fix" it's process, what do you think was the most important?

美敦力“调整”它的流程所做的所有事情中，你觉得那件事是最重要的？

The other good news came from a test of an implanted heart device made by Minneapolis-based Medtronic Inc.

另一则好消息来自明尼阿波利斯市美敦力公司进行的心脏植入装置检测。

This is the first Medtronic recall to make it onto FDA's list of serious medical device recalls this year.

这次事件是美敦力今年第一次被列入FDA严重医疗器械召回的清单。

This study was funded by Medtronic, the Muscular Dystrophy Association and the National Institutes of Health.

这项研究得到美敦力公司，肌肉萎缩症协会和美国国家卫生研究院的支持。

When Earl Bakken founded Medtronic in Minneapolis in 1949, he was creating a local industry as well as a company.

1949年，厄尔·巴肯在明尼阿波利斯创立了美敦力公司，他创立的不仅是一个公司而且是一个当地的产业。

Some researchers say Infuse may increase the risk of male sterility; Medtronic maintains that the product is safe.

一些研究者表示这类注入可能增加男性不育症发生的几率，美敦力公司则坚持该项产品的安全性。

Companies as diverse as General Electric, Wells Fargo, Mercedes-Benz and Medtronic are putting Apple's iPad to work in their offices.

各种企业，如通用电气、富国银行、奔驰、美敦力公司等正在把苹果公司的iPad引入他们的办公室。

Medtronic and the Canadian Institutes of Health Research paid for the study, and results were published online by the New England Journal of Medicine.

这项研究是由美敦力公司和加拿大健康研究所出资，而研究的结果由《新英格兰医学周刊》发表到了网上。

Medtronic says it recently learned that about 2% of the "Lot 8" Quick-set infusion sets may not allow the insulin pump to vent air pressure properly.

美敦力说，最近发现大概有2%的批号为8开头的快速胰岛素注射设备不能精确定量的注入胰岛素。

Having developed the world's first heart pacemaker, Medtronic grew into the largest medical-technology company in the world, spawning huge Numbers of smaller ones.

随着公司开发了世界上第一个心率调整器，美顿力也成长为了世界上最大的医药科技公司，带动了无数的小型公司的成长。

Wall Street analysts who monitor the makers of these implantable defibrillators - companies such as Boston Scientific, Medtronic and St. Jude Medical - paid heed to the new study.

监督这些心律转复除颤器制造商的华尔街分析员——如波士顿科学美敦力公司和圣犹达医疗用品等公司关注了这项新研究。

The Medtronic researchers think a device that reacts to brain signals could be more effective, plus the battery would last longer, an important consideration for implantable devices.

美敦力公司的研究人员认为如果设备能对大脑信号作出反应可能会更有效。延长设备电池的时间，也是植入设备必需要考虑的一个因素。

Medtronic is expected to gain approval for its drug-coated Endeavor stent as early as the end of December, and Wall Street anticipates that Xience could reach the market by the summer.

美敦力公司的药物涂层支架有望在12月底获得批准，华尔街预测Xience有望在明年夏天投放市场。

An engineer gleefully points out that as a local entity the Medtronic joint venture can buy essential rare-earth metals cheaply, despite Chinese restrictions on their sale (see article).

一位工程师愉快的指出，美敦力合资公司作为当地企业，可以以低价购买所需原材料，而不用顾及中国对该种原材料的销售限制。

Study participants had a considerable reduction of symptoms, less need for drug therapy, and significant improvements in mental as well as physical quality-of-life factors, Medtronic informs.

Nedtronics称受试者的症状显著改善，对药物治疗的依赖性减弱，心理和生理生活质量也获得显著提高。

Some studies suggest that death and heart attack rates are similar for the two types of stent, but newer drug-coated products from companies like Medtronic and Abbott Laboratories may change that.

一些研究表明这两种支架相关的死亡率和心脏病发生率都非常接近，但是美敦力和艾博特公司的更新的药物涂层支架也许会改变这个结果。

Those in the study who used the insulin pump marketed by medical device maker Medtronic Inc., had to adjust their insulin levels manually, just as patients who give themselves insulin injections do.

在这项研究中，胰岛素泵由Medtronic公司提供，使用胰岛素泵的患者自行调节胰岛素水平，就像患者自行注射胰岛素一样。