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Implantable medical devices often have batteries that need to be replaced or recharged somehow. There is a new type of oxygen battery that could eliminate the need for i…
Pacemakers are currently considered an effective device in supporting patients with arrhythmias when helping patients maintain a stable heart rhythm.
Charging technology could help pacemakers or similar devices work continuously, without needing to be removed from the body for periodic charging.
The implantation of a pacemaker into the body is a complicated, expensive and risky surgery, dangerous complication.
For the first time in the world, small tablet-sized wireless pacemakers have been implanted into patients' bodies in the UK, with initial results being effective and saf…
Experts from the University of Illinois (USA) have presented a project to study the electronic casing for the heart, health monitoring equipment and can replace pacemake…
The human heart is made up of billions of cells and at least 10,000 cells are responsible for controlling the beat.
For the first time, the method of reducing the size of the heart to increase the lifespan of heart failure patients will be conducted on humans, scientists at the Royal…
Subcutaneous implantable medical devices are vulnerable to remote control by bad guys to jeopardize the life of patients, new studies have said. Security experts tried t…
Stem cell researchers in Hong Kong and the United States are trying to develop replacement parts for people with stem cell heart disease within the next five years.
A 106-year-old British grandfather has just become one of the few oldest people in the world to undergo artificial pacemaker surgery.
The iPod music player makes the pacemaker work poorly in 50% of heart attack patients, according to a study by an Okemos high school student in Michigan (USA), presented…
Australian scientists have invented a new device, which can help transfer energy to pacemakers without the need for a charging cable.
There are many inventions that are the result of a long-term search and research process, but there are also inventions due to some unintentional inadvertence. Many of t…