The new device is smaller than a grain of rice and gets absorbed by the patient’s body when it’s no longer needed, ...

The device is smaller than a grain of rice — and is suited particularly to help newborn babies with congenital heart defects.

Developed by engineers from Northwestern University, the pacemaker is the size of a grain of rice and could help save babies ...

Born at just 8 ounces, Bilal spent his first year defying the odds in the NICU—now, he’s going home to join his four siblings ...

The world’s tiniest pacemaker - smaller than a grain of rice - could help save babies born with heart defects, say scientists ...

The world's tiniest pacemaker - smaller than a grain of rice—can be implanted using minimally invasive techniques and dissolves when no longer needed. It helps babies born with congenital heart ...

Baby Bilal, one of the smallest surviving babies ever born, is finally going home after spending his entire first year in the NICU at Children’s Minnesota. Born at just 23 weeks gestation and we ...

Engineers at Illinois' Northwestern University have developed the tiniest pacemaker you'll ever see. It's several times ...

Although it can work with hearts of all sizes, the pacemaker is particularly well-suited to the tiny, fragile hearts of ...