{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"When Innovation Meets the Human Heart","description":"What if the lines of code you wrote weren\u2019t just running a program\u2014but keeping someone\u2019s heart beating? In this episode of Med Tech Gurus, we sit down with Wade Demmer, Vice President of Research and Development for Cardiac Pacing Therapies at Medtronic, whose career journey began with his grandmother\u2019s pacemaker and led him to help pioneer some of the world\u2019s most impactful cardiac devices, including Micra, the world\u2019s smallest pacemaker. Wade shares the lessons of two decades inside the world\u2019s largest medtech company\u2014what it really takes to build a culture of innovation, engineer for reliability, and launch breakthrough devices at scale. From balancing patient safety with bold ideas, to recognizing when timing makes or breaks a technology, Wade brings a deeply personal and practical lens to the future of cardiac pacing and medtech innovation. Whether you\u2019re an engineer, entrepreneur, or leader aiming to improve patients\u2019 lives, this conversation will expand how you think about risk, collaboration, and building technologies that truly matter ","author_name":"Med Tech Gurus","author_url":"http:\/\/med-tech-gurus.libsyn.com\/website","html":"<iframe title=\"Libsyn Player\" style=\"border: none\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/39351700\/height\/90\/theme\/custom\/thumbnail\/yes\/direction\/forward\/render-playlist\/no\/custom-color\/88AA3C\/\" height=\"90\" width=\"600\" scrolling=\"no\"  allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen><\/iframe>","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/assets.libsyn.com\/secure\/content\/196397845"}