A lithium-ion battery made from three droplets of hydrogel is the smallest soft battery of its kind – and it could be used in biocompatible and biodegradable implants ...

Although some studies have demonstrated that, given appropriate precautions, MRI can be safely performed in patients with selected implantable pacemakers, MRI in pacemaker patients is still ...

The doctor makes a cut in the skin just below your collarbone. The cut may be on either side of your chest. The doctor will put the pacemaker leads through the cut. The leads go into a large blood ...

Background: Patients over the age of 75 represent more than half the recipients of permanent pacemakers. It is not known if they have a different risk of complications than younger patients.

The Identity pacemaker models 5370 and 5376 feature AF management, a suite of therapeutic and diagnostic capabilities designed to manage pacemaker patients suffering from AF. This tool kit includes: ...

The Accent MRI pacemaker, with the Tendril MRI lead, is an MRI conditional system, offering safe performance of a full-body MRI scan on the patient using a 1.5 T (Tesla) field-strength MRI scanner.

While there was once some concern about operating a microwave if you have a pacemaker, the FDA says this is no longer an issue with modern pacemakers, though individuals with pacemakers should ...

Insights Some of the most important inventions ever were created by accident.  Viagra is a surprising addition to this list ...

But errors made by inventors have led to even greater discoveries, including the microwave, the pacemaker and the Post-It note. Experience is the name everyone gives to their mistakes. Oscar Wilde ...

But, that's crazy. I was also told by a fireperson that was here for a fire down the hall (her microwave burst into flames), that it was common for this model. Yikes.

The droplet battery can deliver defibrillator electric shocks to beating mouse hearts, along with providing pacemaker-style control ... into the liquid by micro-syringe. One droplet contains ...