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Jul 28, 2026

New Sticker-Sized Pacemaker Uses Ultrasound Technology Instead of Traditional Wires

A novel pacemaker design the size of a sticker employs ultrasound technology rather than conventional wires to treat cardiac arrhythmia, offering a potential alternative to standard surgical pacemaker implantation for millions of patients worldwide.

Jul 28, 2026·1 source
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Top claims

  • ▪A cloud-based artificial intelligence system reads heart rates, calculates targeting coordinates, and automatically adjusts the ultrasound beam of the pacemaker.
  • ▪Experiments on a pig heart under multiple tissue layers demonstrated that ultrasound waves can penetrate human-sized tissue to deliver 2 megapascals of pressure.
  • ▪Sonogenetics genetically modifies heart cells to temporarily produce proteins, making the cells responsive to ultrasound waves without permanently altering DNA.

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Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine1Cardiovascular health.1Medical innovation1Wearable health devices1

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