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Revolutionary Tiny Pacemaker Offers Hope for Newborns

4/3/2025

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A groundbreaking dissolvable pacemaker, smaller than a grain of rice, has been created by researchers at Northwestern University for newborns battling congenital heart defects. Measuring just 1.8 by 3.5 by 1 mm, this innovative device can be injected non-invasively and is managed through a wearable patch that sends light pulses to control heartbeats, offering hope for fragile lives.

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Story summary

A groundbreaking dissolvable pacemaker, smaller than a grain of rice, has been created by researchers at Northwestern University for newborns battling congenital heart defects. Measuring just 1.8 by 3.5 by 1 mm, this innovative device can be injected non-invasively and is managed through a wearable patch that sends light pulses to control heartbeats, offering hope for fragile lives.