Irish ‘smart’ chip to revolutionise how heart pacemakers are made, work, and fitted

Irish researchers have developed a ‘smart’ electronic chip that will revolutionise how heart pacemakers are made, work, and fitted.

A prototype of the biomedical and implantable chip, which has been designed to help make heart pacemakers smaller, more efficient, and more convenient for patients, will be unveiled in Cork this morning.

The ultra-low power programmable device is the result of a two-year Enterprise Ireland-funded partnership between the Microelectronic Circuits Centre Ireland (MCCI), based at the Tyndall National Institute in the city, and medical devices giant Boston Scientific.