MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Earl Bakken, an electronics repairman who created the first wearable external pacemaker and co-founded one of the world’s largest medical device companies, Medtronic, has died. He ...

Fun fact: Your heart doesn’t need a brain, or a body for that matter, to beat. That’s because it has its own electrical system independent of your nervous system. However, the heart’s beating can go ...

Wood chest with leather handle on top, hinged lid and locking clasp. Chest contains the "Cadiac Stimulator" which is fixed to the inside of the case. The electrical cardiac stimulator has an on/off ...

The leads that connect external pacemakers to the heart can potentially cause problems, either if they're removed or left in place. German scientists are therefore developing an alternative, in the ...

Engineers have taken their transient pacemaker and integrated it into a coordinated network of four soft, flexible, wireless wearable sensors and control units placed on different anatomically ...

(WISH) — Former Indiana Pacers player Scot Pollard has been given an external pacemaker to help his new heart. His wife, Dawn Pollard, posted a photo to social media just before 9 p.m. Monday. She ...

A total accident led to the discovery of a medical device that's helped extend people's lives and get a vital organ back on ...

Last year, scientists at Northwestern University announced a transient pacemaker that dissolves when no longer needed. They've now improved the device, and incorporated it into a linked suite of ...

Please Note: Blog posts are not selected, edited or screened by Seeking Alpha editors. According to a new market report published by Transparency Market Research "Cardiac Pacemaker Market - Global ...

People with severe stomach disorders can sometimes suffer from chronic vomiting. This symptom can be treated with electrical impulses from a pacemaker in the stomach. A new method enables patients who ...

The external fixators market is projected to continue its steady growth on account of the widespread prevalence of osteoporosis coupled with rising incidences of accidental fractures. The external ...