This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. CHICAGO — They run on the sun. Solar panels ...

Millions of people have benefited from pacemakers since the first one was implanted in 1958, but the basics facets of the design have remained unchanged. These devices are still battery-operated, with ...

Now, researchers have surmounted this issue by designing a pacemaker powered by the energy of heartbeats, according to a report in ACS Nano. The device was successfully tested in pigs, which have a ...

Two pacemaker studies: One features an upgrade that engages both the atrium and the ventricle of the heart, and the other highlights the need to design smaller catheters to serve children with slow ...

A new study published in the Journal of Physiology on November 14, 2019, reports the development of a radically different type of cardiac pacemaker which could change the prognosis of patients with ...

A prototype for a leadless pacemaker that converts the heart's oscillations into voltage generated 10.9% of the energy needed to stimulate one heartbeat in a laboratory benchtop experiment. If the ...

Scientists at several universities are actively looking at energy harvesting to produce the electricity needed to power pacemakers in human hearts. If successful, pacemakers would no longer have to ...

If your heart beats too slowly or gets out of rhythm, a pacemaker can send an electrical pulse to that muscle and get it back on track. To do that, pacemakers need generators with batteries, and ...

Do cell phones and smart watches interfere with pacemakers? Investigators get to the bottom of the query. Research confirms cell phones and smart watches should be kept at least 6 in. away from ...

The researchers said that their general idea was that the solar cells could directly be integrated into the pacemaker housing. Our original January 27 article, “Subcutaneous Solar Cells Could Power ...

They run on the sun. Solar panels power our homes, yards and even our cars. And now local researchers are using similar technology to power a human heart. Full story - ...