Cardiac patch: Schematic of the device, which comprises an array of pressure-sensitive transistors and biocompatible pacing electrodes with encapsulation layers. The device is attached to the ...

Though a Northwestern-developed quarter-size dissolvable pacemaker worked well in pre-clinical animal studies, cardiac surgeons asked if it was possible to make the device smaller. To reduce the size ...

Researchers from Amsterdam UMC have overturned a key assumption in the biological pacemaker field. In a new preclinical study ...

Minimally invasive Tiny pacemaker is so small that it can be injected into the body via a syringe. (Courtesy: Northwestern University) The world’s smallest pacemaker to date is smaller than a single ...

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Bio-pacemakers offer a potential alternative to electronic devices, yet their stable implementation at cellular and tissue levels remains unresolved. In this computational study, we aimed to ...