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Mobile control over implantable medical devices is skin deep
A group of researchers and design experts have created an "implantable user interface" device that when inserted under the skin, can be used to control, communicate with, and stream data from,
Wireless pacemakers could soon be standard
The first implantation of a wireless pacemaker in the U.S. took place less than a year ago, but cardiologists and patients alike already seem sold on the technology. "I truly believe the wireless
Heart patients gain freedom, better monitoring with wireless pacemakers
If you had a pacemaker, would you rather hook yourself up to a monitor and place a phone call to the cardiologist's office, or simply walk within 90 feet of a wireless base station? Would you prefer
NY patient gets wireless pacemaker, but is it a U.S. first?
Surgeons at St. Francis Hospital in Roslyn, NY supposedly performed the first U.S. implantation of a pacemaker linked to a wireless home monitoring system, allowing the patient's physician to check
