Medtronic recently unveiled Micra, the world’s smallest pacemaker and also one of the first developed to be positioned directly inside the ventricular cavity.
There are no leads that snake into the heart that can fail or become detached, and there is no need to perform a surgical operation to position a device under the skin. The implantation is entirely minimally invasive and will hopefully lead to fewer intra-procedural complications and improved long-term therapy for the patient.
Here’s a video from Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, one of the centers participating in a global trial of the Micra, discussing the first patient to get the new pacemaker:
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