This surgery may be done if you have bradycardia (a slow heart rate). A pacemaker is a small, battery-powered device. It sends electrical signals to the heart. These signals work to keep the heartbeat ...

Warren Mauston, a heart patient at St. Paul’s Bethesda Hospital, would become the first U.S. patient to be fitted with an external pacemaker in 1959. Roughly the size of a small paperback book ...

Like solar panels, this pacemaker is powered by light ... We did this by using a layer of very small pores that can trap light and electrical current. Only cardiac muscles exposed to light-activated ...

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 ...

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 trial was small and halted early, but investigators say the inflammatory hypothesis in TAVI is worth pursuing further.

A 13-year-old girl, Chandni Gaud, receives a wireless pacemaker as a Diwali gift, sparing her from frequent hospital visits ...

This device marks a transformative step in cardiac care.” The “Aveir VR” pacemaker offers significant advantages over ...

and he walked up and down the hospital corridor pushing the pacemaker before him on a small mobile table. On November 21, after 18 days of sustained atrial fibrillation with conducted beats and ...

Because our device is so small and light, it can be implanted without opening ... We are exploring enhancements to make the device compatible as a wearable pacemaker. This involves integrating a ...