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

Scientists have designed a temporary, battery-free pacemaker that can be broken down by the patient’s body when its work is done, the latest advance in the emerging field of bioelectronics. In a paper ...

Clinicians at Scottsdale, Ariz.-based HonorHealth recently implanted a leadless pacemaker in the first U.S. patient as part of a new clinical trial with the HonorHealth Research Institute, the ...

Implantable pacemakers have without doubt altered modern medicine, saving countless lives by regulating heart rhythm. But they have one serious shortcoming: Their batteries last only five to 12 years, ...

Sadar Hospital, Ranchi successfully performed a laparoscopic cholecystectomy on 69-year-old Subhadra Devi, despite her having a pre-existing pacemaker due to second-degree AV block.

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 ...

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 ...

TRiCaresAnnouncesSuccessfulImplantationofMinimallyInvasiveTopazTricuspidHeartValveReplacementSystemin Patient with a Pacemaker Paris, France and Munich, Germany ...

Commencement of LEADLESS II clinical research trial represents important milestone in bringing transformational pacing technology to U.S. patients ST. PAUL, Minn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--St. Jude Medical, ...

UC Davis Director of Pediatric Electrophysiology Dan Cortez has set another world record: He is the first to implant a dual chamber leadless pacemaker in a child. His case report was published this ...

In a new publication from Cardiovascular Innovations and Applications; Yu Zhang, Wen-Long Dai, Can-Can Lin, Qiao-Yuan Li and Cheng-Jun Guo from Beijing Anzhen Hospital, Capital Medical University, ...

After relying on a pacemaker for 20 years, Carol Kasyjanski has become the first American recipient of a wireless pacemaker that allows her doctor to monitor her health from afar — over the Internet.