The first heart surgery for implant of a pacemaker took place in 1958, and the battery powering the device went exhausted after 3 hours. In total, the first patient received 26 different pacemakers in the 43 years following his first historical surgery. Since those times, heart surgery and technology have taken giant leaps forward, all the way towards another milestone in this field.

In fact, a woman from new York just got her first wireless pacemaker implanted, which allows for a continuous monitoring of the patient’s condition, and is capable of transmitting the relevant clinical data via the Internet directly to the cardiologist, who is also alerted instantly in case of any emergency.

The Accent RF pacemaker, manufactured by St. Jude Medical in the U.S., features a low-power radio transmitter, which sends data on a specific frequency towards a receiver. This receiver processes the data thanks to its software, and transmits them in real time to the doctor via the Internet.

Basically, the patient does not have to do anything to send the information to his doctor; he will just be able to keep going with his everyday life, while his health benefits from the continuous monitoring, and his well being will be improved too. The pacemaker allows the doctor to carry out regular check-ups without having the patient before him, and while the patient lives a normal life, his wireless pacemaker keeps his health under constant control.