The new pacemaker, the micra transcatheter pacing method. Photograph: University Hospital Southampton/PA
A pacemaker the dimension of a tablet has been fitted within the heart of a British patient, in a new operation that promises to lessen infection risk and lessen recovery time.
The wireless device utilized – for the first time in the nation – at Southampton common hospital, identified as the micra transcatheter pacing system, is the smallest in the world, at a tenth of the size of conventional designs, and is implanted directly in the heart.
Currently pacemakers are inserted below the skin through an incision in the chest and connected to the heart by means of a lead that carries electrical signals to correct slow or irregular heartbeats, but they can need substitute due to broken or dislodged wires.
The new device, which is positioned inside the wall of the heart by a catheter passed up by means of the groin, delivers electrical impulses from an electrode, removing the require for a lead to transmit signals.
Prof John Morgan, advisor cardiologist, explained: “Whilst pacemakers have saved thousands of lives above the previous 7 decades considering that the 1st gadgets had been implanted, one particular of the significant disadvantages has been problems connected to the pacing lead that is place in to deliver electrical impulses to the heart.
“Now that we have pacemakers that are so small – not a lot larger than an antibiotic pill – they can be attached directly to the inside of the heart, all the troubles relevant to the outdated fashioned pacemaker lead are abolished.”
He additional: “In addition to the rewards of the device’s size and wireless technologies, the process reduces the danger of infection and extended recovery time associated with conventional, far more invasive surgical pacemaker implants.
“This a huge stage forward in patient treatment method and a milestone for cardiac rhythm management in the Uk.”
New pill-sized pacemaker implanted in heart of Uk patient
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