Developed by engineers from Northwestern University, the pacemaker is the size of a grain of rice and could help save babies ...

Engineers at Illinois' Northwestern University have developed the tiniest pacemaker you'll ever see. It's several times ...

The heart may be small, but its rhythm powers life. When something throws that rhythm off—especially after surgery—it can ...

When the pacemaker wires were later removed, Armstrong suffered internal bleeding — an outcome more common than many patients ...

Because the human heart requires only a small amount of electrical stimulation, researchers were able to shrink their ...

A self-powered, bioresorbable temporary pacemaker the size of a grain of rice has been developed by an international team of ...

The new device is smaller than a grain of rice and gets absorbed by the patient’s body when it’s no longer needed, ...

A rice-sized, dissolvable pacemaker powered by light may revolutionize post-heart surgery care, especially for kids, while vanishing safely in the body.

Although it can work with hearts of all sizes, the pacemaker is particularly well-suited to the tiny, fragile hearts of ...

On 2 April 2025, engineers at Northwestern University published a study on a new dissolvable pacemaker, smaller than a grain ...

Traditional temporary pacemakers involve a tangle of wires ... “When the wires were removed, he experienced internal bleeding.” The new device avoids these dangers by being completely self ...

Scientists said Wednesday they have developed the world's tiniest pacemaker, a temporary heartbeat regulator smaller than a ...