A pacemaker is a small, battery-powered device that controls the heartbeat. Our heartbeats are controlled by a highly efficient, biological electrical system that ensures our heart steadily pumps ...

When someone is diagnosed with a heart condition, it is natural to worry about the treatment they might need. One common question people ask is whether every heart patient eventually needs a pacemaker ...

Northwestern University engineers have developed a pacemaker so tiny that it can fit inside the tip of a syringe—and be noninvasively injected into the body. Although it can work with hearts of all ...

Heartbeats could one day help power something beyond hearts. A pacemaker is a device that helps regulate abnormal heart rates using electrical pulses. Leadless pacemakers, which are placed in the ...

Wireless or leadless pacemakers, commonly implanted in adults, may be a safe and effective short-term option for children with slow heartbeats, according to new research published today in Circulation ...

Not every heart patient needs a pacemaker. Expert explains warning signs, common myths, eligibility, and when a slow heartbeat requires treatment.

An experimental leadless pacemaker is able to capture enough energy from the heart to partially power the device, according to results from a new proof-of-concept study. The prototype device harvested ...

As we witness the rapid advancement of technology, lifesaving devices such as connected pacemakers and other medical implants are also evolving. However, with this evolution comes the susceptibility ...

Engineers have taken their transient pacemaker and integrated it into a coordinated network of four soft, flexible, wireless wearable sensors and control units placed on different anatomically ...

A pacemaker, which unconfirmed media reports say Nancy Guthrie has, does not contain GPS and cannot be used to track a person's location. A pacemaker will continue to function even if it stops syncing ...

Arnold Schwarzenegger has become more like his iconic Terminator character after having surgery last week to receive a pacemaker, the 76-year-old actor and former California governor announced Monday.