Researchers at Northwestern University just found a way to make a temporary pacemaker that’s controlled by light—and it’s smaller than a grain of rice. A study on the new device, published last week ...

Northwestern University engineers have developed a pacemaker so tiny that it can fit inside the tip of a syringe—and be noninvasively injected into the body. Although it can work with hearts of all ...

Pacemakers are vital, life-saving technology held back by their limited battery life, but the solution to that problem may ...

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 ...

A pacemaker modified for newborns' tiny bodies safely and effectively stabilized their heart rhythms for up to two years, according to new research published in Circulation: Arrhythmia and ...

Technology is always evolving, and so are the pacemakers available to patients at McLaren Greater Lansing. Some patients with slow heart rates can now opt for a state-of-the-art wireless pill-size ...

Tiny device can be inserted with a syringe, then dissolves after it's no longer needed. (Nanowerk News) Northwestern University engineers have developed a pacemaker so tiny that it can fit inside the ...

CHICAGO — They run on the sun. Solar panels power our homes, yards and even our cars. And now local researchers are using similar technology to power a human heart. The tiny device has captured the ...

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Minneapolis, MN, First-of-its-kind results from a groundbreaking clinical trial conducted at the Minneapolis Heart Institute Foundation were revealed at a major medical conference this month. The ...

The tiny pacemaker sits next to a single grain of rice on a fingertip. The device is so small that it can be non-invasively injected into the body via a syringe. Northwestern University engineers have ...