Millions of people have benefited from pacemakers since the first one was implanted in 1958, but the basics facets of the design have remained unchanged. These devices are still battery-operated, with ...

A way of using heartbeats to power pacemakers has been developed that could spare patients the ordeal of repeated surgery. The implanted devices, which regulate heart rhythm, have saved countless ...

She was just seven days old when she had a pacemaker the size of a AAA battery fitted –and now 19 months later little Esmé Byrne is thriving. Doctors had to put the tiny device into her stomach ...

Swiss engineers, famous for making the world’s finest watches, are turning their hands to cardiology with a prototype battery-less pacemaker based on a self-winding wristwatch. Current pacemakers, ...

The experimental device can recoup about 10% of the energy needed to stimulate another heartbeat, which would extend the 6- to 15-year life of a typical pacemaker battery, results show. Photo by ...

Mechanical and electrical energy are linked and can be exchanged back and forth. Just like ultrasound converts electrical voltage into pressure or sound, we can engineer similar materials onto ...

UW researchers created a sleeve for a pacemaker using piezoelectric materials, which generate electricity when mechanical pressure is applied. Credit: iMatter Lab & Bioengineering ...

After Emily Coles suddenly collapsed at home, she had to put her life on hold while doctors investigated the cause. Emily now knows that her heart had stopped beating for ten seconds, but at the time ...

Our team envisioned a leadless and more flexible pacemaker that could precisely stimulate multiple areas of the heart. So we designed a device that transforms light into bioelectricity, or heart ...

Imagine never recharging your phone or replacing a pacemaker for generations. Advances in nuclear diamond technology suggest ...

The family of Ahmed Hammad, 4, has requested an emergency medical evacuation. LONDON -- As a 4-year-old Palestinian child waited on Sunday to cross into Jordan for a chance at a life-saving medical ...