MIT engineers have developed a noninvasive pacemaker that stimulates the heart using ultrasound. The design could one day ...

An inventor, Wilson Greatbatch, accidentally created a regular beat while working on a heart sound recorder. He realized this ...

For decades, pacemakers have helped millions of people live longer and healthier lives. These small devices are implanted ...

With the reliability of a quality wristwatch, pacemakers send out electric pulses to keep your heart beating at a steady rate ...

The MIT group now plans to combine this pacing patch with their earlier wearable sensors designed to image deep organs. This ...

Mechanical and electrical energy are linked and can be exchanged back and forth. Just like ultrasound converts electrical voltage into pressure or sound, we can engineer similar materials onto ...