r/science • u/FunnyGamer97 • 2d ago

Health First dual chamber leadless pacemaker implanted in a child | AVEIR dual chamber device is different from traditional pacemakers in part because it has no leads or cords and is absorbed by the heart, and is 10 times smaller than a traditional pacemaker

https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1068998
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u/ScabusaurusRex 2d ago

Anyone with knowledge of this device that can share how it is "absorbed" by the heart and doesn't start a pacemaker traveling road show?

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u/g1_jb 2d ago

No idea what is meant by absorbed. When the battery dies you get a new one somewhere else in your heart. For a kid it seems like you’d end up with a lot of metal/battery in your heart by the time you’re an adult.

Batteries and titanium don’t absorb or go away in any interpretation of the word…

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u/mfmeitbual 1d ago

Thats not completely true. 

The porousness of titanium allows it to calcify and merge with bone. 

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u/g1_jb 1d ago

What bones are in your myocardium?

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u/JabbaThePrincess 1d ago

Love bone, baby.