Wireless pacemaker on the way

A device named WiCS (wireless cardiac stimulation) is undergoing clinical trials in Europe.
Read more here:
www.ebrsystemsinc.com/about_us

Medtronic are also busy developing a similar device.

Cheers,
BG

1 Comments

a Brave New world ?

by IAN MC - 2012-04-14 10:04:23

Hi BG .... there were quite a few articles on this in the press, here in the UK , a couple of months ago.

Apparently the actual PM is about the size of a grain of rice and there are no leads to get corroded, or break or become infected.

It sounds great but I'm not sure what the downsides of having a PM controlled wirelessly are ...I don't fancy having my PM settings changed every time I use my wireless laptop ... no doubt this won't happen and there will be more informed comments from the experts on this forum.

Cheers

Ian

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