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 ...

Jan 8, 2024, China Startup Betavolt New Energy Technology announced the successful development of a miniature atomic energy battery. It uses nickel-63 nuclear isotope decay and China’s first diamond ...

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Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Prototype piezoelectric pacemakers successfully turned heartbeat energy into battery power. The device was able ...

A total accident led to the discovery of a medical device that's helped extend people's lives and get a vital organ back on ...

Atrial fibrillation – a form of irregular heartbeat, or arrhythmia – leads to more than 454,000 hospitalizations and nearly 160,000 deaths in the United States each year. Globally, it is estimated ...

A pacemaker is a small device implanted under the skin that controls abnormal heart rhythms. It's commonly used in people with heart conditions where the heart beats too slowly or irregularly. In this ...

The smallest soft lithium-ion battery ever made consists of just three tiny droplets formed from a silk-based hydrogel. The droplet battery can deliver defibrillator electric shocks to beating mouse ...

SIX-YEAR-OLD Muhammad Faris Habibullah Mohd Abdul Sahat was born with a heart condition and is relying on a pacemaker to stay alive. Due to high energy consumption and the limited lifespan of the ...

Russells Hall Hospital in Dudley has achieved a ‘West Midlands first’ by successfully implanting a leadless pacemaker in a ...