Tiny Pacemaker Reduces Infant Open Heart Surgeries

Tiny Pacemaker Reduces Infant Open Heart Surgeries
Nov-14-18
A tiny pacemaker designed for infants could reduce the need for invasive open-chest surgery.

Still in the prototype phase, the tiny pacemaker was created in collaboration between the US Children’s National Health System and Medtronic PLC. Measuring only about one cc (the size of an almond), the pacemaker can be implanted in the child via a small incision and some help from a live video feed from an endoscopic camera.

The pacemaker has been successfully implanted in test piglets, with the procedure requiring less than an hour in comparison to the average of several hours for traditional devices.

Credit: Children's National Health System - Members of the Children's National team run through the procedure used to implant the pacemaker

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