Traditional pacemakers have a battery and thin wires, called leads, connected to the heart. This new version helps regulate ...

In a short operation yesterday, surgeons replaced the pacemaker of a 115-year-old Baltimore man. The battery in the original one, implanted when John E. Bell was 104, had run out. Because of his ...

Nebraska men's basketball coach Fred Hoiberg will undergo a medical procedure this Friday. The Huskers' head coach will have his pacemaker replaced. This will be the second pacemaker to be replaced ...

Although cardiac pacemakers have saved countless lives, they do have at least one shortcoming – like other electronic devices, their batteries wear out. When this happens, of course, surgery is ...

Vice President Dick Cheney's routine checkup on Friday revealed no new blockages in his heart, but doctors said he needs a new battery for a special pacemaker he has in his chest, a spokeswoman said.

Elizabeth described the fear of another failure as “like having a gun against your head”. She said: "I just want people to be aware, because I wouldn't want anyone else to go through that. I have ...

After Emily Coles suddenly collapsed at home, she had to put her life on hold while doctors investigated the cause. Emily now knows that her heart had stopped beating for ten seconds, but at the time ...

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 ...

Researchers at Rice University and the Texas Heart Institute have created the internal components for a battery-free pacemaker, designed to be inserted directly into the heart and free of wires. The ...

Scientists say they've taken a first step toward creating a pacemaker that runs on the heart's own energy rather than batteries. Pacemakers are electronic devices implanted to regulate your heartbeat ...