A pacemaker that never needs a battery replacement could soon become reality, thanks to ...

A new electronic device that's the size of a grain of rice is making a big difference for heart patients. For the first time ...

A heartbeat-powered pacemaker from UW–Madison harvests cardiac motion to charge an experimental leadless implant.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. If you have a heart rhythm disorder, you may have considered getting a pacemaker -- but you're wary of having a small electronic ...

Pacemakers are medical devices implanted in the body to regulate heart rhythms. They're composed of electronic circuits with batteries and leads anchored to the heart muscle to stimulate it. However, ...

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 ...

Pacemakers and defibrillators are devices that help manage heart rhythm problems, but they work differently. A pacemaker helps the heart when the rhythm is too slow or irregular. A defibrillator is a ...

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has given Breakthrough Device Designation to Orchestra BioMed for its atrioventricular interval modulation (AVIM) therapy for patients with uncontrolled ...

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Engineers at Northwestern University have developed the world's smallest pacemaker. It's so small, as a matter of fact, that it fits inside ...

A pacemaker is a small battery-operated electronic device placed in your body, usually by surgery, to help stabilize and regulate abnormal heart rhythms to a more regular pattern. A temporary ...