This experimental prototype is the smallest in the world. It can be inserted with a syringe and dissolves when it is no longer needed. Its size is very suitable for babies with heart defects.

EVERETT — An 80-year-old Mukilteo man was having problems with the idle speed of his heart. Sometimes it would beat too fast. When he was given medication to bring his heartbeat under control, it ...

Researchers at Northwestern University just found a way to make a temporary pacemaker that’s controlled by light—and it’s smaller than a grain of rice. A study on the new device, published last week ...

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 ...

Technology is always evolving, and so are the pacemakers available to patients at McLaren Greater Lansing. Some patients with slow heart rates can now opt for a state-of-the-art wireless pill-size ...

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Local hospitals are using the world’s smallest pacemaker to treat patients with slow heart rates. The Micra Transcatheter Pacing System is about the size of a large vitamin, and it’s one-tenth the ...

MOUNTAIN TOP — At 94, retired attorney and judge Conrad Amend enjoys playing checkers with his 10-year-old grandson, Ashton, listening to his 13-year-old granddaughter, Lauren, play the piano, and ...

Minneapolis, MN, First-of-its-kind results from a groundbreaking clinical trial conducted at the Minneapolis Heart Institute Foundation were revealed at a major medical conference this month. The ...

LANCASTER - Imagine a pacemaker smaller than a paper clip that goes inside a patient's heart with no wires to malfunction. That describes the Micra Transcatheter Pacing System that cardiologist and ...

St Paul, MN - The FDA has granted pre-market approval to St Jude Medical for its ultra-small pacemaker. The St Jude Medical Microny® II SR+ AutoCapture ? PacingSystem is the smallest pacemaker in the ...

(Reuters Health) - Pacemakers may fail to properly regulate patients’ heartbeats near certain appliances and tools that generate electric and magnetic fields, a German study suggests. Researchers ...