The surgeon does not need to open the chest and can guide the device using X-ray. Traditional pacemakers, which require a separate battery under the skin and wires that connect to the heart ...

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Scientists at Northwestern University unveiled the world's smallest pacemaker. The device is smaller than a grain of rice — and is suited particularly to help newborn babies with congenital ...

A team of engineers at Northwestern University in Illinois have developed a pacemaker so small that it can fit into the needle of a syringe. This makes it easily injectable, even for the smallest ...