A pacemaker is a small electronic device, implanted in the chest to help regulate heart function. Learn more about the procedure and potential risks.

What Is an ICD? Like a pacemaker, an implantable cardioverter defibrillator, or ICD, is a device placed under your skin. It also contains a computer that tracks your heart rate and rhythm.

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Researchers at Northwestern University just found a way to make a temporary pacemaker that’s controlled by light—and it’s smaller than a grain of rice.

Scientists just unveiled the world’s tiniest pacemaker. Smaller than a grain of rice and controlled by light shone through the skin, the pacemaker generates power and squeezes the heart’s muscles ...

Pacemakers can save lives. Many people have been given a new lease of life after their heart failures because of the ...

The pacemaker is paired with a small, soft, flexible, wireless device that is mounted onto the patient’s chest. The skin-interfaced device continuously captures electrocardiogram (ECG) data. When it ...

World's smallest pacemaker is activated by light Tiny device can be inserted with a syringe, then dissolves after it's no longer needed Date: April 2, 2025 Source: Northwestern University Summary ...

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

Northwestern University engineers have developed a pacemaker so tiny that it can fit inside the tip of a syringe — and be non-invasively injected into the body.

Northwestern engineers unveil a rice-sized pacemaker for newborns, injectable via syringe and activated by light—no surgery needed, fully dissolvable.

The World’s Tiniest Pacemaker is Smaller Than a Grain of Rice. It’s Injected with a Syringe and Works using Light This new pacemaker is so small doctors could inject it directly into your heart.