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 ...

Imagine a heart patient with a pacemaker—one of the millions who rely on these tiny, implanted devices to keep their hearts beating steadily. While pacemakers save lives every day, their ability to ...

As the search for Nancy Guthrie continues, authorities are exploring innovative methods to locate her. Dr. Laurence Epstein, System Director of Electrophysiology at Northwell Health, provided insights ...

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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

If your heart beats too slowly or gets out of rhythm, a pacemaker can send an electrical pulse to that muscle and get it back on track. To do that, pacemakers need generators with batteries, and ...

Investigators searching for missing 84-year-old Nancy Guthrie are tracking her pacemaker's digital trail, using Bluetooth signal sniffers and video analysis to reconstruct her movements.