A dissolvable pacemaker that’s smaller than a grain of rice and powered by light could become an invaluable tool for saving the lives of newborn infants., The device can be implanted noninvasively via ...

Surgical procedure. Image by Pfree2014 - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0 Surgical procedure. Image by Pfree2014 - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0 A new, tiny device can be inserted with a syringe to act as a pacemaker.

Estimates suggest that around three million Americans are living with cardiac pacemakers, according to the American Heart Association. Now, thanks to MountainStar Healthcare, a new kind of pacemaker – ...

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The tiny pacemaker sits next to a single grain of rice on a fingertip. The device is so small that it can be non-invasively injected into the body via a syringe. Northwestern University engineers have ...