A light-activated pacemaker dissolves in the body after use, offering safer, wireless heart care - especially for newborns ...

The new device is smaller than a grain of rice and gets absorbed by the patient’s body when it’s no longer needed, ...

Scientists have developed a pacemaker that is so tiny it can fit inside the tip of a syringe. In fact, it's even smaller than ...

The world’s tiniest pacemaker - smaller than a grain of rice - could help save babies born with heart defects, say scientists ...

Though the device is still years away from being used in humans, it could eventually be useful for infants with congenital ...

Meanwhile, the current standard for temporary pacemakers in adults also presents difficulties. Most procedures involve surgeons sewing electrodes directly onto the heart, then attaching those ...

PARIS] Scientists said on Wednesday (Apr 2) they have developed the world’s tiniest pacemaker, a temporary heartbeat ...

Remote cardiac monitoring, or remote heart monitoring, is a method by which information from a patient's implantable rhythm management device (pacemaker) can be communicated directly to the ...

This makes it easily injectable, even for the smallest of patients. The pacemaker was designed to help treat congenital heart diseases in newborn babies, which affect about 1 in every 100 infants.

The maker of the FDA’s only approved total artificial heart has outlined plans to go public, with a $12 million IPO, ...

Medicare may cover pacemaker costs if the pacemaker is medically necessary and appropriate for a person’s treatment. The part of Medicare that covers pacemakers and their related costs will vary ...

The pacemaker is powered by what is called a galvanic cell, which uses the body's fluids to convert chemical energy into electrical pulses that stimulate the heart. So far, the pacemaker has ...