Got Their Backs: How Medtronic Brings Spine Surgeries to Kids
The volunteer teams typically take two to four mission trips every year. Three missions are planned for 2025. Each trip involves prepping, packing, shipping and setting up an entire, functioning operating room in another country — roughly 30 bins of precision medical equipment.
A Look at How Healthcare Technology Is Improving Wildlife Conservation
Research is well underway to build a deeper understanding of wolf physiology that can help improve both wild conservation and captive care.
Medtronic Open Book: Alex's Story
Alex was born with a quarter-sized hole in his heart and after experiencing irregular heart rhythms in his 20s, he received his device. Join us in the latest episode of Open Book as we learn how he continues to help people in his career as a nurse, and live the life of his dreams
Teen With Spina Bifida Inspires in the Face of Physical Adversity
In this episode of the Medtronic series Open Book, Manny shares how spina bifida impacts his life in unseen ways.
Can Math Help Detect Heart Disease Even Before You Know You’re Sick?
Artificial intelligence allows us to examine that data to identify certain types of heart disease sooner and get personalized treatment to the patient faster.
Fast Company: Healthcare Innovation Could Be at Risk
What if we could equip a generation with the critical skills needed to meet workforce shortages while also breaking cycles of poverty?
Women and Heart Disease: Those Most at Risk Are Most in Need of the Conversation
This May, during Women’s Health Month and Mother’s Day, we encourage people to make the pledge to talk to their mother or the women in their lives about heart health.
Reading Your Brain Waves To Treat a Debilitating Disease
The United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently approved the Medtronic Adaptive Deep Brain Stimulation system for use in the U.S. for patients with Parkinson’s disease.
Medtronic Education Program Opens Doors for Employees
Launched in 2022, MAPS now offers more than 800 degrees, skills courses and certifications to qualified employees, and pays the full course tuition upfront.
Grammy Award Winning Artist Knows How Math Can Help Prevent Cancer
Grammy Award winning singer and songwriter Anthony Hamilton underwent a colonoscopy for the first time in his mid-20’s, right around the same time as his first record deal.