FDA approves Abbott's Aveir VR Mini, a smaller leadless pacemaker offering more implant options for patients with slow heart ...

The newly approved device is 14% shorter than the previous version and gives clinicians more options when making implant ...

A battery-free pacemaker can harvest energy from each heartbeat, potentially allowing future devices to work far longer ...

Northwestern University engineers have developed a pacemaker so tiny that it can fit inside the tip of a syringe—and be noninvasively injected into the body. Although it can work with hearts of all ...

A sponsored roundtable will focus on Orchestra BioMed's strategic collaboration with Medtronic to accelerate the development and commercialization of AVIM Therapy for the treatment of uncontrolled ...

Pacemakers are medical devices implanted in the body to regulate heart rhythms. They're composed of electronic circuits with batteries and leads anchored to the heart muscle to stimulate it. However, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. If you have a heart rhythm disorder, you may have considered getting a pacemaker -- but you're wary of having a small electronic ...

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has given Breakthrough Device Designation to Orchestra BioMed for its atrioventricular interval modulation (AVIM) therapy for patients with uncontrolled ...

Scientists have designed a temporary, battery-free pacemaker that can be broken down by the patient’s body when its work is done, the latest advance in the emerging field of bioelectronics. In a paper ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Arnold Schwarzenegger has been doing well since having a pacemaker installed last week. (AP) (Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP) A ...

The Aveir VR Mini ventricular leadless pacemaker [Image courtesy of Abbott]Abbott (NYSE: ABT) announced today that the FDA ...