A tiny device can be inserted using a syringe and then safely dissolves once it is no longer needed. Engineers at Northwestern University have developed an ultra-small pacemaker that is so tiny it can ...

Temporary pacemaker can be injected, fits any size patient, including babies, and eliminates need to remove it.

The heart may be small, but its rhythm powers life. When something throws that rhythm off—especially after surgery—it can ...

Researchers at Northwestern University have developed a groundbreaking pacemaker smaller than a grain of rice. Designed for ...

A light-activated pacemaker dissolves in the body after use, offering safer, wireless heart care - especially for newborns ...

Researchers at Northwestern developed a temporary pacemaker that’s so small, it can be inserted via a syringe—and will ...

A rice-sized, dissolvable pacemaker powered by light may revolutionize post-heart surgery care, especially for kids, while vanishing safely in the body.

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The goal is to help the littlest heart patients, babies born with congenital heart defects who have surgery and need a ...

Although it can work with hearts of all sizes, the pacemaker is particularly well-suited to the tiny, fragile hearts of ...

The new device is smaller than a grain of rice and gets absorbed by the patient’s body when it’s no longer needed, ...