World’s Smallest Pacemaker is Made for Newborns, Activated by Light, and Requires No Surgery

Northwestern University engineers have developed a pacemaker so small that it can fit inside the tip of a syringe and be non-invasively injected into the body, according to a new study published in Nature. Although it can work with hearts of all sizes, the pacemaker is particularly well-suited to the tiny, fragile hearts of newborn […] The post World’s Smallest Pacemaker is Made for Newborns, Activated by Light, and Requires No Surgery appeared first on Good News Network.

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