Temporary pacemaker can be injected, fits any size patient, including babies, and eliminates need to remove it.

CARDIAC pacemakers have been in use for implanting into man for more than a decade and have relied chiefly on mercury or nickel cadmium cells as sources of power 1.

Engineers at Northwestern University developed a pacemaker that can fit inside the tip of a syringe for easier implantation.

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A light-activated pacemaker dissolves in the body after use, offering safer, wireless heart care - especially for newborns after surgery.

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

The device is smaller than a grain of rice — and is suited particularly to help newborn babies with congenital heart defects.

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

Credit: John A. Rogers/Northwestern University/Cover Images Engineers at Northwestern University in Illinois have developed an ultra-small pacemaker that can be non-invasively injected into the body ...