BEIJING -- A Chinese research team has successfully developed a miniature self-powered cardiac pacemaker, paving a new way for the advancement of implantable electronic devices.

The nickel-sized Pacemakers have been around for over a year, but previously, patients had to travel to Houston for the surgery. Now they will save money and precious time because the in-and-out ...

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Pacemakers are getting upgraded. An innovative procedure now allows a doctor to communicate with a pacemaker just by putting a magnet over the patient's chest. According to Dr.

LANCASTER - Imagine a pacemaker smaller than a paper clip that goes inside a patient's heart with no wires to malfunction. That describes the Micra Transcatheter Pacing System that cardiologist and ...

EVERETT — An 80-year-old Mukilteo man was having problems with the idle speed of his heart. Sometimes it would beat too fast. When he was given medication to bring his heartbeat under control, it ...

A micro pacemaker for fetuses developed by researchers at the University of Southern California five years ago is now preparing for its first human trial. A micro pacemaker for fetuses developed by ...