Antibiotic Envelope Makes Device Implantation Safer

Now there’s less risk of infection from getting a pacemaker or defibrillator.

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Slipping any cardiac implantable electronic device into a TYRX™ antibiotic envelope significantly reduces the risk of infection in the skin surrounding the device.
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Every year 1 to 1.5 million people receive a cardiac implantable electronic device (CIED)—a pacemaker, biventricular pacemaker or implantable cardioverter-defibrillator—to help manage their heart rhythm.

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