Developed by engineers from Northwestern University, the pacemaker is the size of a grain of rice and could help save babies ...

Temporary pacemaker can be injected, fits any size patient, including babies, and eliminates need to remove it.

Because the human heart requires only a small amount of electrical stimulation, researchers were able to shrink their ...

On 2 April 2025, engineers at Northwestern University published a study on a new dissolvable pacemaker, smaller than a grain ...

Although it can work with hearts of all sizes, the pacemaker is particularly well-suited to the tiny, fragile hearts of ...

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

The mini pacemaker device does not have a separate battery. Instead its body functions as a simple type of battery called a ...

My husband is 87 and on his seventh pacemaker. Please advise so that I know what to expect. — G.D. Answer: An electronic pacemaker is implanted for a variety of electrical problems with the ...

Sergio Mattarella has undergone heart surgery for the implantation of a pacemaker. The President of the Republic was admitted ...

Research has found that handheld electro-shockers commonly used for self defense can potentially interact with cardiac ...

The tiny device measures just 1.8 millimetres in width, 3.5 millimetres in length and one millimetre in thickness.

Northwestern researchers have developed the world’s smallest pacemaker, which with its dissolvable nature allows it to be ...