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 ...

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 ...

Every year more than one million people receive a pacemaker. Until now, leadless versions were only available for 20% of these patients. However, thanks to an international consortium led by Amsterdam ...

A wireless, dissolvable pacemaker could revolutionize treatment for the more than one in 15,000 babies born with congenital heart defects each year. Existing, wired pacemakers risk tissue scarring and ...

The global pacemakers market is on track to witness steady growth, projected at a rate of 3-4% annually by 2028. This expansion is fueled by a confluence of factors, from the growing burden of ...

A Denver man is thanking the doctors at Denver Health after years of care for a heart condition. Bennie Milliner didn't think he'd be here today. He flatlined following a stent replacement in his ...

For more than 30 years, Boston teacher Karen Pekowitz lived with wires, surgeries, and the constant fear that came with traditional pacemakers. Now, thanks to a tiny new wireless device, the world’s ...