FILE - This undated booking photo provided by the Tennessee Department of Corrections shows Byron Black. (Tennessee Department of Corrections via AP, File) NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee officials ...

The FDA-approved OmniaSecure defibrillation lead from Medtronic is a thin wire that connects an implantable cardioverter defibrillator to the heart.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee is set to execute a man Tuesday without deactivating his implanted defibrillator, as uncertainty lingers about whether the device will shock his heart when a lethal ...

Trinity Health Ann Arbor has completed Michigan’s first implant of the world’s smallest device designed to help treat ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- Tennessee is set to execute an inmate Tuesday without deactivating his implanted defibrillator, as uncertainty lingers about whether the device will shock his heart when a lethal ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee is gearing up for an execution on Tuesday that experts say would likely mark the first time a man has been put to death with a working defibrillator in his chest. Gov ...

A man convicted of killing his girlfriend and her two young daughters in the 1980s said he was "hurting so bad" while he was given a lethal injection Tuesday in Tennessee, where authorities had ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Tennessee executed an inmate Tuesday without deactivating his implanted defibrillator, despite uncertainty about whether the device would shock his heart when the lethal chemicals ...