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The Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL) has announced the completion of the intricate process of building the first quadrant of the magnet at the heart of the National Spherical Torus ...

The chair is named for Earl Bakken, who founded Medtronic in 1949, then worked with University surgeons to develop the first transistorized wearable pacemaker in 1957. Now retired and living in Hawaii ...

lasted for three hours and took the life of a young patient who was on an AC-powered pacemaker, said Dr. Robert Kowal, vice president of Medtronic’s cardiac pacing therapies. The blackout was ...

(Courtesy of Medtronic) At the time, pacemakers were “crude devices,” with wires coming out of the person’s body and “they were susceptible like anything that uses wall power,” said ...

Oppo’s new flagship series, the Find X8 lineup, were recently announced in China. These two premium devices debuted with brand new accessories, which took advantage of the new Magnetic charging ...

The droplet battery can deliver defibrillator electric shocks to beating mouse hearts, along with providing pacemaker-style control – but it may eventually power biomedical implants and wearable ...

Medtronic’s single-shot Pulseselect system became the first FDA-approved PFA device in December 2023, but it lacks mapping capabilities or the option to deliver RF energy from the catheter. Affera ...

Manufacturers are focused on developing miniaturized pacemakers to address the issue of patient comfort. Medtronic’s Micra Transcatheter Pacing System (TPS), the world’s smallest pacemaker, was ...

A pacemaker is a small, battery-powered device implanted in your chest to help regulate your heart rate. It consists of two main parts—a pulse generator and leads. Pulse generator: This contains the ...

On September 22, the Chinese Academy of Sciences’ Steady High Magnetic Field Laboratory (CHMFL) sustained the strongest magnetic field using a resistive magnet, at 42.02 tesla. This surpasses ...