Researchers designed an ultrathin pacemaker that can be implanted via minimally invasive techniques, potentially improving recovery time and reducing the risk of complications.

A featherlight pacemaker, powered by light and thinner than a human hair, can be implanted to regulate heart activity.

Heart rates that are too slow or too fast can sometimes be lethal. Medical implants can help the heart get its rhythm back.

From breast implants to prosthetic knees, implants can trigger a foreign body response that results in your body rejecting them. Suppressing an immune cell gene could reduce this risk.

A new pacemaker that uses light instead of a battery could be implanted less invasively and cause patients less pain than current ones.

A new pacemaker membrane reduces fibrotic build-up around the implants in pigs. In people, this would simplify surgeries to replace the devices.

Cotton biofuel cells could provide a continuous charge for the batteries in implantable medical devices like pacemakers.