pacemakers

A Pacemaker Powered By The Beating Heart

By bonding piezoelectric layers to a flexible plastic frame, scientists in China have designed a pacemaker that could harvest energy from a beating heart.

BIOTRONIK’s Manufacturing Center In Singapore Begins Operations

BIOTRONIK's manufacturing center in Singapore has begun manufacturing products for vascular intervention and cardiac rhythm management.

10 Medical Devices That Changed The World

Medical devices may sound like a modern invention, but they in fact have helped us manage and treat diseases for centuries. Here are our top ten picks of medical gadgets that play a significant role in our lives, many of them so ubiquitous that we sometimes take them for granted.

KAIST Researchers Invent Self-Powered Pacemaker

The self-powered heart pacemaker could reduce the need for repeated surgery to replace batteries.