Cordis Corp. of Miami on Monday announced an agreement to sell heart pacemaker manufacturing operations that generate almost half its sales. But no layoffs are predicted. Telectronics Holdings Ltd. of ...

The iTENG is a flexible patch which harvests the heart's energy. It is made from two layers and has a space between them to encourage the triboelectric effect to take place. This is then wrapped in a ...

Pacemakers without batteries or symbiotic cardiac pacemakers can operate using energy harvested from a person's heartbeat. This device was tested on pigs, but will it work on humans? American and ...

The Bethlehem Township Fire Company became the first in eastern Pennsylvania on Monday to add an external pacemaker unit to its medical equipment. The unit was unveiled yesterday at St. Luke’s ...

For the 9th year running, Cleveland Clinic announced its list of top 10 medical innovations likely to spur substantial improvements in patient care in the coming year. Among them is a mobile stroke ...

Boston Scientific got European approval for MRI-safe models of the pacemakers Advantio and Ingenio (pictured)--courtesy of Boston Scientific Boston Scientific ($BSX ...

LARGO, Fla. — A new type of pacemaker is on the market and now helping patients with heart issues in Florida. Danette Strange-Gay, the patient, hopes to be a kidney transplant recipient after years of ...

The regular synchronised contraction of all four chambers of the heart is regulated by electrical impulses generated within a group of specialised cells in the heart, called the sino-atrial node (SA ...

An artificial pacemaker is a medical device which maintains an adequate heartbeat by delivering electrical impulses to the heart. They are indicated when the natural impulses (from the sinoatrial node ...

Infection occurring after the implantation of a pacemaker or a cardioverter–defibrillator is an important and increasingly frequent clinical problem, affecting approximately 1.4 to 2.5% of patients ...