June 2021

CARDIOVASCULAR

FIRST EVER TRANSIENT PACEMAKER HARMLESSLY DISSOLVES IN BODY

Summary

Featuring: John A. Rogers, PhD, and Rishi Arora, MD

Researchers at Northwestern and George Washington universities (GW) have developed the first-ever transient pacemaker — a wireless, battery-free, fully implantable pacing device that disappears after it’s no longer needed.
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The thin, flexible, lightweight device could be used in patients who need temporary pacing after cardiac surgery or while waiting for a permanent pacemaker. All components of the pacemaker are biocompatible and naturally absorb into the body’s biofluids over the course of five to seven weeks, without needing surgical extraction.

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