A team of researchers in Texas has redesigned the pacemaker, developing a new prototype that is wireless, battery-free and can be implanted directly into a patient's heart. Wirelessly powered by a ...

The nickel-sized Pacemakers have been around for over a year, but previously, patients had to travel to Houston for the surgery. Now they will save money and precious time because the in-and-out ...

Leadless pacemaker technology represents a significant advancement in cardiac rhythm management, eliminating the need for transvenous leads and reducing many of the complications associated with ...

Ten years ago, two pediatric heart specialists approached USC biomedical engineer Gerald Loeb with an idea for a new ...

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Pacemakers are getting upgraded. An innovative procedure now allows a doctor to communicate with a pacemaker just by putting a magnet over the patient's chest. According to Dr.

Addressing one of the greatest burdens for heart patients equipped with implantable pacemakers, a group composed of researchers from Rice University and the Texas Heart Institute (THI) have developed ...

LANCASTER - Imagine a pacemaker smaller than a paper clip that goes inside a patient's heart with no wires to malfunction. That describes the Micra Transcatheter Pacing System that cardiologist and ...

A micro pacemaker for fetuses developed by researchers at the University of Southern California five years ago is now preparing for its first human trial. A micro pacemaker for fetuses developed by ...

EVERETT — An 80-year-old Mukilteo man was having problems with the idle speed of his heart. Sometimes it would beat too fast. When he was given medication to bring his heartbeat under control, it ...

It may contain inaccuracies due to the limitations of machine translation. The micro-pacemaker developed by the international joint research team is placed next to a grain of rice for size comparison.

LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--LivaNova PLC (NASDAQ:LIVN) (“LivaNova”) and MicroPort Scientific Corporation (HK:00853) (“MicroPort”), today announced that the companies’ Shanghai-based joint venture ...

Dr. Myerburg answers the question: 'Use Electronic Devices With A Pacemaker?' — -- Question: Can I still use certain electronic devices, such as cell phones, microwaves and iPods, if I were to ...