Medtronic Micra TPS

Since April of this year, at least two hospitals have implanted Medtronic’s Micra Transcather Pacing device in patients suffering from slow heartbeat (bradycardia). Implantation directly into the heart with a catheter takes only an hour. There are no lead wires, and the device is about the size of a vitamin pill—the world’s smallest pacemaker.   MORE

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