Scripps Clinic First Site for New Study of Miniature Heart Monitor
Clinical trial evaluating implant of Reveal LINQ in doctor's office setting
![Cleared by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Feb. 19, the LINQ™ ICM from Medtronic is approximately one-third the size of an AAA battery.](http://www.scripps.org/sparkle-assets/images/news-pr-reveal-linq-size-aaa-battery-600x375.jpg)
Scripps Clinic cardiologist John Rogers, MD, recently became the first physician to implant the miniaturized Reveal LINQ cardiac monitor in an office setting as part of a new clinical trial of the device.
Until now the device has been implanted in hospital settings, such as an operating room, cardiac catheterization laboratory or electrophysiology laboratory, according to a MarketWatch report on the trial.
Read the MarketWatch article: Medtronic Initiates Study of ‘In-Office’ Insertion of Reveal LINQ Cardiac Monitor
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