KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The world’s tiniest pacemaker has received FDA approval. It’s the first pacemaker with no wires, and the first that’s not implanted just under the skin. This one goes directly into ...

MOUNTAIN TOP — At 94, retired attorney and judge Conrad Amend enjoys playing checkers with his 10-year-old grandson, Ashton, listening to his 13-year-old granddaughter, Lauren, play the piano, and ...

Medtronic recently unveiled its leadless pacemaker, which is still in development. Medtronic unveiled its eagerly anticipated leadless pacemaker at the TEDMED conference last week and already has ...

Data from the LEADLESS II study also highlighted the St. Jude Medical Nanostim leadless pacemaker’s retrievability, projected longevity and the promising future of leadless pacing ST. PAUL, Minn. & ...

Equipped with the proprietary Automatic MRI mode and Sleep Apnea Monitoring, the KORA 250 pacemaker family is designed to improve patient outcome while driving efficiency in practice. MILAN, a global ...

A pacemaker can greatly improve daily life, and many people can return to normal life quickly. However, it is important to maintain the device and be aware of certain lifestyle changes. A pacemaker is ...

You do not want to be behind John Walsh at an airport or at the courthouse or even at Wal-Mart. Why? Because the computer chip implanted in Walsh's brain and the neurostimulator implanted in his ...

Diaphragmatic pacing is a treatment that improves breathing for people who rely on a mechanical ventilator. It stimulates the phrenic nerve, the nerve in your neck that sends signals to your diaphragm ...

Defibrillators use electrical shocks to restore a normal heart rate, especially in cases of life threatening arrhythmias or sudden cardiac arrest, while pacemakers use low-energy electrical pulses to ...

Clinicians have been able to remotely monitor pacemakers for years thanks to a combination of near-field and remote wireless technologies, but until now, patients haven’t been able to access the data ...

Parkinson's sufferers who had electrodes implanted in their brains improved substantially more than those who took only medicine, according to the biggest test yet of deep brain stimulation. The study ...