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08 Apr 2022

Doctors-NGO came forward to save the life of a 6-year-boy with heart disease

Congenital heart disease is a birth defect that affects normal functioning of the vital organ Doctors said they decided to operate on the boy to implant a pacemaker Mahakal Maharaj Seva Mandir Trust donated Rs 90,000 for the boy

16 Jun 2017

Mumbai doctors do the unthinkable, implant world's smallest leadless pacemaker in 78-year-old man

Doctors at Mumbai hospital have implanted the world's smallest pacemaker, with advanced pacing technology, in the heart of a 78-year-old man.

06 Jun 2017

Wireless, battery-less pacemaker developed

The pacemaker harvests energy wirelessly from radio frequency radiation transmitted by an external battery pack, researchers at Rice University in the US said.

01 Mar 2017

Beware! Household appliances used in close proximity with the body may cause pacemaker failure

The study found that pacemakers are susceptible to EMF that can occur in everyday life, in particular when programmed to maximum sensitivity or so called unipolar sensing mode.

07 Feb 2017

World's smallest pacemaker makes successful foray into the world inside a bradycardia patient!

Pacemakers are the most common way to treat bradycardia to help restore the heart's normal rhythm and relieve the symptoms by sending electrical impulses to the heart to increase the heart rate.

19 Dec 2016

First biological pacemaker developed

The findings from the McEwen Centre for Regenerative Medicine at University Health Network in Canada show how human pluripotent stem cells can be coaxed in 21 days to develop into pacemaker cells.

Battery-free pacemaker

03 Nov 2015

Soon, battery-free pacemakers powered by heart

The technology may eliminate the medical risks, costs and inconvenience of having a battery replacement every five to 12 years for millions of people worldwide.

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