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

Developed by engineers from Northwestern University, the pacemaker is the size of a grain of rice and could help save babies ...

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

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

The tiny device developed by Professors John Rogers, Igor Efimov, and Yonggang Huang can be inserted with a syringe, and then dissolve after it’s no longer needed.

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

Described in Nature, the breakthrough design incorporates a wearable patch for the patient containing an infra-red light ...

For decades, doctors have relied on temporary pacemakers to stabilize the heart during critical recovery periods ... University have now developed a tiny pacemaker so small it fits inside the ...

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

Scientists from Northwestern University in the United States have developed a pacemaker so tiny that it can fit inside the ...