BIOTRONIK and Endosense sign international exclusive distribution partnership for Endosense’s force-sensing ablation catheter, the TactiCath® (available outside the U.S. only)
BIOTRONIK and Heartbeat International Foundation (HBI) join forces in order to save over 1000 lives in the poorest corners of the world
New complete portfolio of external devices for CRM is launched within only a few months
The Evia premium pacemaker series - one of the world's smallest - is launched globally
BIOTRONIK ProMRI®, a technology which allows patients to undergo MRI scans, is launched in the bradycardia and leads portfolio (available outside the U.S. only)
Lumax 540 VR-T DX is launched, the world's first and only single-chamber ICD system with full atrial diagnostics (available outside the U.S. only)
BIOTRONIK Home Monitoring® celebrates a decade of providing early detection and enhancing patient quality of care
BIOTRONIK Home Monitoring voted top innovation by Cardiostim delegates
BIOTRONIK Home Monitoring recieves the Frost & Sullivan Customer Service Leadership Award
Evia - the new technologically advanced pacemaker series from BIOTRONIK - receives U.S. FDA approval
2009
Evia - the new technologically advanced pacemaker series from BIOTRONIK - receives European CE approval
BIOTRONIK Home Monitoring receives FDA approval for labeling as providing early detection of arrhythmias, which allows for earlier intervention than conventional in-office follow-ups
Nominated for the German Federal President’s “Deutscher Zukunftspreis” (German Future Award): BIOTRONIK Home Monitoring for Online Monitoring of Heart Patients (available outside the U.S. only)
Company Announces FDA-Approved, Clinically-Supported Labeling Instructions. TRUST Study Affirms: BIOTRONIK Home Monitoring® Leads to Earlier Intervention
Global Launch of the new BIOTRONIK Home Monitoring, industry’s first and most advanced wireless remote monitoring system for patients with implantable cardiac devices now with an intelligent traffic light system
2008
BIOTRONIK receives approval for the new BIOTRONIK Home Monitoring industry’s first wireless remote monitoring technology with an intelligent traffic light system
TRUST Trial demonstrates BIOTRONIK Home Monitoring ensures patient safety and provides earlier detection of arrhythmic events with fewer in-office visits
BIOTRONIK launches new state-of-the art ICD - Lumax 540 Series- the only cardiac devices with long-lasting therapies and Home Monitoring technology for improved patient care.
BIOTRONIK launches next generation pacemaker - Cylos 990 – offering advanced therapy for optimizing hemodynamics while streamlining patient follow-up (available outside the U.S. only)
BIOTRONIK announces start of patient enrolment into CASTLE-AF Study - world's largest randomized clinical study in patients suffering from heart failure and atrial fibrillation that will investigate superiority of catheter ablation vs. conventional treatment (available outside the U.S. only)
Next generation PRO-Kinetic Energy cobalt chromium coronary stent system receives European approval (available outside the U.S. only)
BIOTRONIK announce market introduction of the much anticipated Pantera balloon (available outside the U.S. only)
Excellent angiographic results at 6 months for the MultiBENE study using the PRO-Kinetic Stent System with its unique PROBIO silicon carbide coating (available outside the U.S. only)
BIOTRONIK launches new endovascular portfolio for BTK treatment including Astron Pulsar self-expanding stent compatible with 4 F sheath and 0.018" guidewire (available outside the U.S. only)
Specific PTA range of products for endovascular treatment of the inflow and outflow vessels has been completed with new over-the-wire catheters with small balloon diameters and long lengths, Passeo-18 and Passeo-35
2007
BIOTRONIK announces market introduction and first implantation of an innovative cardiac therapy system - Lumax XL - an ICD with extended longevity (available outside the U.S. only)
BIOTRONIK announces start of the REPLACE Trial in the USA
BIOTRONIK receives the EuroPCR 2007 Novelty Award for its innovative Absorbable Metal Stent (AMS) program (available outside the U.S. only)
PRO-Kinetic Stent System reported to show excellent safety and efficacy results in complex real-world patients (available outside the U.S. only)
2006
First implantation of Lumax HF T: This implant is the first therapy system for heart failure that permits fully automatic patient monitoring through telecardiology
Talos: the BIOTRONIK pacemaker in combination with Setrox S lead offers longevity greater than 11 years
Absorbable Metal Stent (AMS) results at 24 months continue to confirm the safety and efficacy of the technology (available outside the U.S. only)
BIOTRONIK concludes the European registry for the PRO-Kinetic cobalt chromium coronary stent (available outside the U.S. only)
2005
First implantation of a Cylos pacemaker with BIOTRONIK Home Monitoring and Closed Loop Stimulation, a world-wide unique physiologic rate-adaptive technology
Lumos: the first ICD worldwide that automatically transmits IEGMs (intracardiac ECGs) via the cell phone network. BIOTRONIK Home Monitoring of the third generation
2004
First human implantation of an absorbable metal scaffold (AMS) (available outside the U.S. only)
First implantation of a Kronos® LV-T device for cardiac resynchronization with defibrillation and Home Monitoring technology
2003
The Protos® VR and Protos DR pacemakers with BIOTRONIK's Closed Loop Stimulation (CLS) received FDA approval
With its golden tip electrode, the AlCath® Gold catheter for HF ablation creates lesions deeper by 30 % compared to common electrodes (available outside the U.S. only)
First over-the-wire lead implanted by BIOTRONIK
Pre-market study of the Philos® II with Active Capture Control.
2002
CE approval and first implantation of Philos® DR-T, a second-generation Home Monitoring pacemaker
CE approval of the Lekton® coronary stent for direct stenting (available outside the U.S. only)
U.S. approval of the Belos VR-T/DR-T, a dual-chamber ICD with Home Monitoring technology
New ViaCath catheter for intracardiac electrophysiological diagnostics (available outside the U.S. only)
2001
First implantation of the ICD Belos® VR-T with Home Monitoring technology
FDA approval of the first pacemaker with Home Monitoring technology
2000
Philos®, a complete series of pacemakers with telematics
SMART II, an algorithm for active discrimination of supraventricular arrhythmia
Home Monitoring and data management for pacemakers and ICDs
Triple-chamber stimulation for pacemakers (Triplos LV) and ICDs (Tupos LA and Tupos LV)
CE approval and first implantation of a pacemaker with Home Monitoring technology
1999
Tenax and Tenax XR coronary stents with radiopaque end segments (available outside the U.S. only)
Biventricular pacing
1998
Inos2+ CLS, Closed Loop Stimulation with automatic initialization
Multi-chamber (bi-atrial) stimulation devices
FAST, first automatic follow-up system for intuitive ICD programming
EPControl®, a computer-aided electrophysiological measurement system
1997
Phylax XM, the ICD with the largest diagnostic memory
MycroPhylax, the miniaturized ICD with the largest diagnostic memory and a dual-batter
Actros®, the pacemaker series that comes in a 6-mm wide casing
Tenax®, the coronary stent with optimized expansion characteristics
1996
Phylax AV, the dual-chamber ICD with the SMART discrimination algorithm
TMS 1000, the integrated programming and implantation test device
1995
Inos®, a rate-adaptive Closed Loop pacemaker
Phylax 06, the world's smallest ICD
Tensum®, the hypo-thrombogenic coronary stent
OLBI®, the overlapping biphasic impulse concept for single-lead dual-chamber pacemakers
1994
Physios® CTM 01, a pacemaker for transplant monitoring using the monophasic action potential (MAP) and the ventricular evoked response (VER) technologies
Single-lead VDD for pacing
1993
Phylax® 03, an implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) with fractal coated lead
Pacemakers used to monitor patients after a heart transplant
1991
Implantable fractal-coated leads
1990
NEOS-PEP, a rate-adaptive pacemaker with a pre-ejection phase measurement sensor
1988
Ergos® 01, an activity controlled rate-adaptive pacemaker
1986
Thermos 01, a rate-adaptive pacemaker with a central venous temperature measurement sensor
1983
Neos, the world's smallest single-chamber pacemaker with bi-directional telemetry
1981
Diplos® 03, a multi-programmable DDD pacemaker with bi-directional telemetry
1979
Nomos® 01, a multi-programmable VVI pacemaker
1976
The first BIOTRONIK pacemaker with a lithium battery, a hybrid circuit, and an hermetic MP35N housing (Protasul)
Implantable DDD pacemaker
Single-channel monitoring via telephone
1975
Implantable low-polarization lead
1974
BIOTRONIK provides 3-year guarantee for pacemakers
Neurostimulator for the hypertension treatment using the baroreceptor concept
