Batteryless Pacemaker
It’s no surprise that this piece comes from the land of Rolex watches, Switzerland. Researchers at the University of [MORE]
Nanogenerator for Pacemakers
In animal studies, bioengineers at Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (Daejeon, South Korea) have developed a [MORE]
Micra Transcatheter Pacing System
Cardiac surgeons at Southampton General Hospital (UK) used a catheter to thread a pill-sized pacemaker through the [MORE]
Wireless Power Transfer to Implants
While this piece is only a link to a PNAS article, it reports an important development [MORE]
Shoe Generator
This piece, from Rice University, shows a concept-stage prototype for an electrical generator built into a shoe which [MORE]
Merlin@Home
Here is a variation on “companion diagnostics,” not between a test and a drug, but matching an implantable [MORE]
Detecting and Distinguishing Cardiac Pacing Artifacts
With an aging population, the 400,000 annual pacemaker implantations are likely to rise, but [MORE]
Sleep Apnea Pacemaker
Otolaryngologists Charité — Universitätsmedizin in Berlin have implanted the world’s first pacemaker device to control sleep apnea. [MORE]
Wouldn’t it be nice if a pacemaker’s battery didn’t have to be surgically replaced after ten years? Researchers at [MORE]
EBR Pacemaker
Startup company, EBR Systems (Sunnyvale, CA) is developing a new generation of pacemakers that rely on ultrasound signaling [MORE]
SPR Products
Recently, surgeons at Carolinas Medical Center implanted a nerve stimulating device in a 76 year old post-stoke patient [MORE]
Light Controlled Pacemaker
Optogenetics (a term that Karl Deisseroth at Stanford coined in 2006) involves a gene transfer from algae [MORE]
Most of today’s pacemakers have six to ten years of battery life before they have to be surgically replaced. [MORE]
Pacemaker Tiny Chip
Research in microelectronics are leading Medtronic to assemble the parts of a heart pacemaker-a circuit board, an [MORE]