A pacemaker is a small, battery-powered device that controls the heartbeat. Our heartbeats are controlled by a highly efficient, biological electrical system that ensures our heart steadily pumps ...

Biotronik today announced the first U.S. implant of its LivIQ leadless pacemaker as part of its BIO-LivIQ global pivotal ...

Northwestern University engineers have developed a pacemaker so tiny that it can fit inside the tip of a syringe—and be noninvasively injected into the body. Although it can work with hearts of all ...

Heartbeats could one day help power something beyond hearts. A pacemaker is a device that helps regulate abnormal heart rates using electrical pulses. Leadless pacemakers, which are placed in the ...

MIT engineers have developed a noninvasive pacemaker that stimulates the heart using ultrasound. The design could one day ...

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Smaller than a grain of rice, new pacemaker is particularly suited to the small, fragile hearts of newborn babies with congenital heart defects. Tiny pacemaker is paired with a small, soft, flexible ...

An experimental leadless pacemaker is able to capture enough energy from the heart to partially power the device, according to results from a new proof-of-concept study. The prototype device harvested ...

As we witness the rapid advancement of technology, lifesaving devices such as connected pacemakers and other medical implants are also evolving. However, with this evolution comes the susceptibility ...

An inventor, Wilson Greatbatch, accidentally created a regular beat while working on a heart sound recorder. He realized this ...

The human pacemaker Tara the miniature schnauzer received was donated to the canine by medical device company Medtronic Kelli Bender is the Pets Editor at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since ...