A new miniature pacemaker can now be used by patients in Canada. A heart pacemaker with a life of three years made of epoxy resin powered by mercury battery cells. Made by Godart NV a subsidiary of ...

ORLANDO, Fla. — Researchers are reporting encouraging results for a new generation of pacemakers — miniature, wireless ones that can be implanted through a leg vein without surgery. In a study of 725 ...

A dissolvable pacemaker that’s smaller than a grain of rice and powered by light could become an invaluable tool for saving the lives of newborn infants., The device can be implanted noninvasively via ...

MidMichigan's Heart and Vascular Program is now offering a new miniature leadless pacemaker implant for qualified patients with permanent atrial fibrillation. The MicraTM Transcatheter Pacing System, ...

PADUCAH, Ky. (KFVS) - Baptist Health Paducah recently became the first hospital in the region to offer a pacemaker that is about the size of a large multivitamin. Cardiologist J. Kenneth Ford, MD, ...

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 ...

Children's National presents proof-of-concept design for miniature pacemakers at the American Heart Association's Scientific Sessions 2018 At 2:15 p.m. C.T. on Sunday, Nov. 11, Rohan Kumthekar, M.D., ...

Keeping pace with technology, NCH is launching a research institute to test and deliver the latest medical advances. One of which is a new, and small, heart pacemaker. For more than a half-century, ...

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 ...

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