Engineers at Illinois' Northwestern University have developed the tiniest pacemaker you'll ever see. It's several times smaller than a regular pacemaker, and it's designed for patients several times ...

The world’s tiniest pacemaker — smaller than a grain of rice — could help save babies born with heart defects, say scientists. The miniature device can be inserted with a syringe and dissolves after ...

A new wireless pacemaker appears safe and feasible for use, potentially advancing the technology that cardiologists use to maintain heart rhythm in patients, according to results from a new clinical ...

A pacemaker modified for newborns' tiny bodies safely and effectively stabilized their heart rhythms for up to two years, ...

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In a safety communication dated December 16 posted to the site of the FDA, the agency stated: “The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is alerting patients, caregivers, and health care providers about ...

Millions of people worldwide live with a pacemaker that regulates their heartbeat, but exactly what are these devices and how ...

Though a Northwestern-developed quarter-size dissolvable pacemaker worked well in pre-clinical animal studies, cardiac surgeons asked if it was possible to make the device smaller. To reduce the size ...

Smaller than a grain of rice, new pacemaker is particularly suited to the small, fragile hearts of newborn babies with congenital heart defects. Tiny pacemaker is paired with a small, soft, flexible ...