The device is smaller than a grain of rice — and is suited particularly to help newborn babies with congenital heart defects.

The presentation will depend on the severity as well as the type of CHD the child is suffering from,” says Dr Siti, stressing ...

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

Scientists have unveiled the smallest pacemaker ever, the size of a grain of rice, which provides a temporary solution for ...

Northwestern engineers unveiled what they say is the smallest pacemaker in the world in a study published in the journal Nature.

A team of engineers at Northwestern University have created the world’s smallest pacemaker. It’s activated by light and can ...

Pacemakers are used by millions around the world. These devices help stimulate hearts with electrical pulses so that they ...

Scientists said Wednesday they have developed the world's tiniest pacemaker, a temporary heartbeat regulator smaller than a ...

Scientists have developed the world's smallest pacemaker, a light-controlled heartbeat regulator that is smaller than a grain ...

The tiny device developed by Professors John Rogers, Igor Efimov, and Yonggang Huang can be inserted with a syringe, and then dissolve after it’s no longer needed.

Now, engineers at Northwestern University have developed what could have saved Armstrong’s life: the world’s smallest pacemaker, smaller than a single grain of rice. Unlike traditional pacemakers, ...

The average pacemaker is about the size of a walnut. But one created specifically for babies, announced by Northwestern ...