Researchers at Northwestern and George Washington (GW) universities have developed the first-ever transient pacemaker -- a wireless, battery-free, fully implantable pacing device that disappears after ...

Cardiac device therapy has significantly evolved since the introduction of the first implantable pacemaker and the subsequent ...

Researchers at Northwestern and George Washington universities (GW) have developed the first-ever transient pacemaker — a wireless, battery-free, fully implantable pacing device that disappears after ...

PeriCor, a company co-founded by mechanical engineering PhD student Justin Opfermann, has been awarded a Phase II Small Business Innovation Research grant from the National Institutes of Health.

DELRAY BEACH, Fla. (CBS12) — A South Florida hospital is among the first to perform a first-of-its-kind surgery transforming the future of pacemakers. Prior to the new pacemaker technology being ...

Cardiac pacemakers are battery-dependent, where the pacing leads are prone to introduce valve damage and infection. In addition, complete pacemaker retrieval is necessary for battery replacement.

The Chief Physician to Governor Udom Emmanuel on Medicals, Dr. Akpabio Ignatius has said that Akwa Ibom state has performed eight successful cardiac pacemaker implantations at various General ...

Ten years ago, astronaut Neil Armstrong, the first man to walk on the moon, died not long after undergoing a routine heart surgery to remove a temporary pacemaker. Heavy bleeding occurred when the ...

Cardiac pacing devices have been widely prescribed to diagnose bradycardia (slow or missing stimulation of the complete ventricle) and Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy since the invention of ...

Laura holds a Master's in Experimental Neuroscience and a Bachelor's in Biology from Imperial College London. Her areas of expertise include health, medicine, psychology, and neuroscience. Laura holds ...