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 ...

His doctors had implanted a temporary pacemaker. When the pacemaker wires were later removed, Armstrong suffered internal bleeding — an outcome more common than many patients realize.

Engineers from Northwestern University in Illinois, United States, have developed a pacemaker so small that it can be implanted in the body non-invasively using a syringe. Although its creators ...

For decades, doctors have relied on temporary pacemakers to stabilize the heart during critical recovery periods. These life-saving devices, however, often come with a tradeoff: invasive surgery ...

An international team of researchers has revealed a game-changing, self-sustaining, and biodegradable pacemaker, the size of a grain of rice, that may transform post-surgical cardiac care ...

Chicago — A new, tiny pacemaker — smaller than a grain of rice — developed at Northwestern University could play a sizable role in the future of medicine, according to the engineers who ...