It was stable on an actively beating heart, at body temperature, for 60 days, about the same time temporary pacemakers are used as a bridge to permanent pacemakers. What’s more, the device’s ...

A team of scientists from Harvard Medical School and Duke University has created a new kind of tissue that can change heart activity using only light—no wires, no surgery, no harm. This groundbreaking ...

In a key advance toward wireless, minimally invasive temporary pacemakers, researchers have made a thin silicon device that lays flat on the heart’s surface and regulates heartbeat using light (Nature ...