Coming soon: a pacemaker with no battery
September 4th, 2012 - 5:51 pm ICT by IANS
London, Sep 4 (IANS) An implantable pacemaker as tiny as a pinhead is set to revolutionise medicine with its big advantage. It is powered by radio waves from outside the ... Read more...
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Tiny diagnostic device can navigate bloodstream
February 23rd, 2012 - 5:46 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, Feb 23 (IANS) Engineers have developed a tiny, wirelessly powered, self-propelled device that can navigate the blood stream to deliver drugs, do diagnostics or microsurgeries.
Ada Poon, assistant professor ... Read more...
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Heartbeats to keep pacemakers ticking
February 2nd, 2012 - 8:44 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, Feb 2 (IANS) Aerospace engineers have developed a prototype that could power a pacemaker using chest cavity vibrations caused mainly by heartbeats.
Though pacemakers require as little as a ... Read more...
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St. Jude Medical launch Accent MRI pacemaker
January 17th, 2012 - 7:57 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, Jan 17 (IANS) St. Jude Medical, Inc., a global medical device company, Tuesday announced the launch of the Accent MRI pacemaker and a Tendril MRI lead.The new pacemaker ... Read more...
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‘Antimagnet’ could protect ships, people with pacemakers
September 26th, 2011 - 4:06 pm ICT by IANS
London, Sep 26 (IANS) A new type of an anti-magnet could protect a ship's hull from mines or allow patients with pacemakers or cochlear implants to use medical equipment.Take, for ... Read more...
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A tap of finger to charge your iPad
June 23rd, 2011 - 4:25 pm ICT by IANS
Sydney, June 23 (IANS) Thanks to a new discovery, a simple tap from your finger may be enough to charge portable devices like mobile phones and iPads.Simon Ruffell from the ... Read more...
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New Treatment For Depression: Brain Pacemakers?
February 23rd, 2011 - 12:03 am ICT by Angela Kaye Mason
Feb 22 (THAINDIAN NEWS) A report from the Associated Press reveals that a new device may be used to help combat the symptoms of depression in chronic patients. Called “brain pacemakers,” scientists ... Read more...
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Brain pacemakers relieve depression in patients
February 22nd, 2011 - 11:45 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
New York, Feb 22 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Doctors have found a new way to use pacemakers in the body. The device is widely known to be used to deliver shocks to the heart ... Read more...
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Jellyfish inspire flexible pumps
November 28th, 2010 - 11:29 am ICT by ANI
Washington, Nov 28 (ANI): A student at the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena thinks that jellyfish's unique propulsion system might be the perfect model for tiny pumps that can be implanted ... Read more...
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Rat-implanted biofuel-cell to power devices via body fluids
September 16th, 2010 - 2:32 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Sep 16 (ANI): A newly-developed fuel cell is changing how alternative energy is derived from biofuels- the implanted device draws power from chemicals in living animals.Dubbed a glucose biofuel ... Read more...
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Meet the scientist infected with computer virus
May 29th, 2010 - 3:47 am ICT by IANS
London, May 29 (IANS) A British researcher has successfully infected himself with a computer virus and claims to be the first of its kind.
Scientist Mark Gasson, contaminated a tiny, radio frequency identification ... Read more...
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New human fuel cell powered by air, sugar
May 26th, 2010 - 3:43 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, May 26 (ANI): You can soon power your body, your mind, and your implants by the air you breathe and the food you eat-researchers have successfully implanted the first sugar-and-oxygen-powered biofuel ... Read more...
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Pacemaker reuse cost-effective alternative in Third World countries
May 21st, 2010 - 2:47 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, May 20 (ANI): A new research has suggested that pacemaker reuse may be a safe, effective and ethical alternative to address the medical needs for people in Third World countries who ... Read more...
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Soon, prescription tattoos to monitor glucose levels
May 8th, 2010 - 1:16 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, May 8 (ANI): Medical tattoos would soon replace needle sticks needed to monitor glucose levels, say scientists.Scientists from Microsoft and The Draper Laboratory are developing medical tattoos that would stop hackers ... Read more...
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Soon, shoes that may harvest pounding of walking to power mobiles
January 28th, 2010 - 2:07 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Jan 28 (ANI): Princeton University engineers have developed power-generating rubber films that could be used to harness natural body movements such as breathing and walking to power pacemakers, mobile phones and ... Read more...
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Headphones may pose risk to patients with pacemakers
November 17th, 2009 - 12:38 pm ICT by ANI
London, Nov 17 (ANI): For patients with pacemakers, headphones might pose as a significant health risk, reveals a new study.According to Kevin Fu at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, while they ... Read more...
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Wireless pacemakers can keep heart patients in touch with docs
September 11th, 2009 - 5:22 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, September 11 (ANI): American doctors have implanted one of the first wireless pacemakers in the country, and the first in the Triad.Dr. Rick Henderson, an electrophysiologist at Wake Forest University ... Read more...
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Pacemakers may ease gastric disorders in kids
August 3rd, 2009 - 3:39 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, Aug 3 (IANS) Physicians are turning to pacemakers, devices typically used in heart problems, to help ease severe gastric disorders in children.
In June, surgeons implanted a pacemaker in a 16-year-old patient ... Read more...
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Elderly patients at risk from side-effects of dementia drugs
May 28th, 2009 - 1:22 pm ICT by IANS
Toronto, May 28 (IANS) Side-effects associated with commonly-prescribed dementia drugs may be exposing the elderly to risk, says a new study led by an Indian Canadian.
Cholinesterase inhibitors (Aricept, Exelon and Reminyl) are ... Read more...
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‘Turbo-booster’ for heart patients may make transplants a thing of the past
April 22nd, 2009 - 4:24 pm ICT by ANI
Wellington, Apr 22 (ANI): Heart transplants may soon be history following the creation of a device that helps the heart pump blood more effectively.William Peters, 43, calls the C-Pulse heart assist system ... Read more...
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Cells that feed on human blood might one day power pacemakers
April 2nd, 2009 - 5:08 pm ICT by ANI
London, April 2 (ANI): Scientists have created tiny microbial fuel cells by encapsulating yeast cells in a flexible capsule, which can generate power from a drop of human blood plasma, and might ... Read more...
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With new pacemaker, keep your mobile in your shirt pocket
February 13th, 2009 - 2:58 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Feb 13 (IANS) People with new MRI-safe pacemakers can keep any electro-magnetic device, including a mobile phone, in their shirt pockets, and can undergo Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) scans without worrying ... Read more...
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Don’t allow MP3 headphones to get too close to pacemakers
November 10th, 2008 - 2:12 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, Nov 10 (IANS) Don't allow MP3 headphones to get too close to pacemakers and implantable defibrillators; they could be potentially dangerous. Researchers investigated the effects of MP3 headphones, most of which ... Read more...
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MP3 headphones can disturb pacemakers functioning
November 10th, 2008 - 12:57 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, November 10 (ANI): An American research team has shown that headphones for MP3 players can interfere with pacemakers and implantable cardioverter defibrillators (ICDs) if placed within an inch of such ... Read more...
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Self-assembling ”organic wires” may pave way for bioelectronic applications
October 24th, 2008 - 12:29 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, October 24 (ANI): A research team from The Johns Hopkins University has created water-soluble electronic materials that spontaneously assemble themselves into "wires" much narrower than a human hair.
The researchers say ... Read more...
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Chennai gets India’s first heart implant training centre
July 19th, 2008 - 9:57 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, July 19 (IANS) India has got its first training centre for doctors to learn how to place implants in the heart. Medtronic, a US-based medical technology service provider, opened its first ... Read more...
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Even pacemakers can be hacked
July 16th, 2008 - 5:10 pm ICT by ANI
Chicago, July 16 (ANI): A Harvard cardiologist has warned that even pacemakers small machines that are implanted in the chest to keep ailing hearts beating steadily can be hacked.Dr. William ... Read more...
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Now, a body-creeping ‘Skin-tenna’ to monitor health remotely
June 7th, 2008 - 6:12 pm ICT by ANI
London, June 7 (ANI): A wireless antenna, which is small enough to be worn discreetly under clothes and allows doctors to monitor illnesses and injuries remotely, is closer to becoming a ... Read more...
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Set the right pace of your heartbeat with a pacemaker
February 25th, 2008 - 10:14 am ICT by admin
By Radhika Bhirani
New Delhi, Feb 25 (IANS) Unaware that her heart had missed a beat, Sudha Khanna, 74, a heart patient, became unconscious and fell on the floor one day. The doctors ... Read more...
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Heart protein may be biomarker for muscular dystrophy
December 18th, 2007 - 6:47 pm ICT by admin
London, Dec 18 (ANI): Researchers at the University of Virginia Health System have found that a well-known heart protein does several surprising things in cases of Type 1 myotonic muscular dystrophy (DM1).DM1 ... Read more...
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Kidney cell biobatteries may power future insulin pumps, pacemakers
December 11th, 2007 - 3:31 pm ICT by admin
London, December 11 (ANI): A biophysicist at the University of Colorado Medical School in Denver says that kidney cells, which are particularly good at transporting ions, may pave the way for a ... Read more...
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Heart-powered pacemaker may reduce device replacement need
November 14th, 2007 - 10:38 am ICT by admin
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