By harnessing light, my colleagues and I designed a wireless, ultrathin pacemaker that operates like a solar panel. This design not only eliminates the need for batteries but also minimizes ...

Spurred by advances in energy-harvesting materials, a new generation of advanced implantable biomedical devices is emerging ...

Dr. Sagi is leading a study using a new leadless, or wireless ... With the existing FDA-approved devices, when it fails or needs to be replaced, the pacemaker is usually left inside and another ...

An example is an MRI machine (unless your pacemaker is safe for an MRI). You can use a cell phone and other wireless devices but keep them at least 6 inches away from your pacemaker. Many household ...

Wireless models of St Jude-branded pacemakers can now receive a firmware ... told the BBC there were a further 280,000 devices elsewhere. The flaws could theoretically be used to cause the devices ...

MagSafe enables fast wireless charging ... with cardiac implantable electronic devices." Marie Moe, a computer security consultant for Mnemonic, who has a pacemaker herself and studies their ...

The worldwide use of both magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and pacing devices has vastly increased ... in patients with selected implantable pacemakers, MRI in pacemaker patients is still ...

wireless cardiac pacemaker “Aveir VR” at Bern University Hospital in Switzerland. Dr Magdi was specially invited to lead the ...

Surgeons have been opening chests and implanting pacemakers for decades. The devices save millions of people by controlling their abnormal heartbeats. Now doctors are testing a new version of ...

A 13-year-old girl, Chandni Gaud, receives a wireless pacemaker as a Diwali gift, sparing her from frequent hospital visits ...

Apple cautions that its MagSafe accessories, specifically the MagSafe Charger and MagSafe Duo Charger, may pose a risk to those with medical devices such as implanted pacemakers and defibrillators ...

We are exploring enhancements to make the device compatible as a wearable pacemaker. This involves integrating a wireless light-emitting diode, or LED, beneath the skin that is connected to the device ...