WASHINGTON -- The government has approved a pacemaker outfitted with a tiny transmitter that can tell your doctor how your heart is doing -- the first medical implant capable of such real-time ...

A pacemaker from Medtronic, newly approved by the Food and Drug Administration, allows patients to securely transmit data from the pacemaker to their physicians via a smartphone or tablet using ...

December 8, 2011 (Rennes, France) — Remote monitoring of patients with dual-chamber pacemakers "was a safe substitute for conventional follow-ups, decreased the number of [clinic] visits, and enabled ...

The FDA recently approved a new device from Medtronic that turns a smartphone into a patient’s pacemaker monitor that can send stats to their doctor in real time. The MyCareLink Smart Monitor is able ...

More than three decades have transpired since the inception of transtelephonic pacemaker monitoring. 1 3 This modality was identified as a useful method for tracking the function of pacemaker systems, ...

Scientists at the University of Chicago have developed a new pacemaker that’s thinner than a human hair, wireless and operated entirely by light from an optic fiber. The non-invasive device could help ...

A dual-chamber wireless pacemaker provides reliable performance over three months, bolstering evidence for this new pacemaker option. A dual-chamber wireless pacemaker provides reliable performance ...

Question: I have just received a pacemaker. I was wondering what form of activity is best for me with my pacemaker? Answer: Pacemakers have become more sophisticated over the years. The ability of ...

Medtronic engineers knew seven years ago that they wanted to build a pacemaker an order of magnitude smaller than what was out there. But how to do it was a different story. "When we first started, we ...