Scientists at Northwestern University have created the world’s most young pacemaker compared to a rash of rice – to help infants born with congenital heart defects. This ultra-monitor device can be poured with a syringe and dissolves after it is not required.

Even though it works with the hearts of all sizes, the engineers who make it say that the pacemaker works best for the small, delicate hearts of newborns. The chip is about 1.8 millimeters width, 3.5 millimeters in length, and one millimeter in thickness, but works efficiently as a full size.

How does a short pacemaker work?

According to scientists, the pacemaker is paired with a small, soft, flexible, wireless, wearable equipment that mounts on a patient’s chest to control pacing. After it detects an irregular heartbeat, the pacemaker automatically shines a light pulse activating it.

Small pulses, which penetrate through the patient’s skin, breast and muscles, can control its pacing.

How does it dissolve?

Since the components of the pacemaker are biocampatables, scientists said that it is designed in such a way that it can only help in temporary pacing and simply dissolves after the need for its services.

The team of engineers from Northwestern reported that the components of the pacemaker are biocampatible, so they naturally dissolve in the bodies’ biofluids, requiring surgical extraction. A study published in Journal Nature shows the efficiency of the device in human hearts from dead organ donors along with multiple large and small animal models.

“We have developed the world’s smallest pacemaker, for our knowledge, the world’s smallest pacemaker.”

About one percent of children are born with congenital heart defects-they live in a country with low-resources or high-resources. Dr. Rogers said, “Pediatrics are a significant requirement for temporary pacemakers in terms of heart surgery, and it is a matter of use where the size miniature is incredibly important. In the context of the device load on the body – small, better,” Dr. Rogers said.

Dr. According to Rogers, children born with heart defects only require temporary pacing after surgery, and repair occurs within a week. However, the first few days after surgery are absolutely important.

Dr. Rogers also said that temporary pacemaker is no longer needed, surgeons remove the electrode. However, there are many possible complications, including infection, dislocation, torn or damaged tissues, bleeding, and blood clots, which can all damage the heart muscles.

Northwestern is confident that the versatility of technology has opened other possibilities for use in bioelectronic drugs, including to heal nerves and bones, treat wounds and help block pain. Since it is very small in size, the pacemaker can be integrated with almost any kind of implanted device.

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