World’s first wireless pacemaker developed by Indian Scientist

An Indian scientist,  Dr. Vivek Reddy has developed the world’s first wireless pacemaker that is  much smaller than the size of a traditional pacemaker. The device resembles a tiny metal silver tube no large than a triple-A battery.

This new wireless pacemaker, which has exhibited excellent results after a year of trial on  humans, leaves no incision scar on the patient’s chest and eliminates the need for a surgical pocket.

The new-age leadless pacemaker will cause less patient discomfort, infections, and device complications and dysfunction. The patient also will have no restrictions on their daily activities.

The LEADLESS study was carried out on 32 patients with bradycardia, or a slowed heartbeat, at two hospitals – one in Prague and the other in Amsterdam. In a catheter guided procedure, the small cardiac pacemaker is placed inside a patient’s heart without a surgery.

The results, which assessed device performance and patient outcomes over a year of follow-up,  show pacing thresholds (0.43 volts) and sensing (10.32 mV) of the wireless pacemaker. Through  electrical stimulation therapy, it regulates the heart beat’s rhythms after having monitored it.

Reddy, who is the Director of Arrhythmia Services at The Mount Sinai Hospital,USA, presented the one-year study data findings during his clinical trial presentation on May 9 at the Heart Rhythm 2014, the Heart Rhythm Society’s 35th Annual Scientific Sessions in San Francisco.