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

Though the device is still years away from being used in humans, it could eventually be useful for infants with congenital ...

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

Now, engineers at Northwestern University have developed what could have saved Armstrong’s life: the world’s smallest ...

Described in Nature, the breakthrough design incorporates a wearable patch for the patient containing an infra-red light ...

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

Researchers unveil a groundbreaking dissolvable pacemaker that eliminates invasive procedures, offering safer and ...

Engineers at Northwestern University have developed the world’s smallest pacemaker. It’s so small, as a matter of fact, that ...

Smaller than a grain of rice, this injectable device could allow for minimally invasive heart-surgery — plus, research ...

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

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