Remote control of the heart and beyond

Science. 2022 May 27;376(6596):917-918. doi: 10.1126/science.abq0605. Epub 2022 May 26.

Wolfram-Hubertus Zimmermann^{1

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¹ Institute of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University Medical Center Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany.
² German Center for Cardiovascular Research (DZHK), Partner Site Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany.
³ Cluster of Excellence "Multiscale Bioimaging: from Molecular Machines to Networks of Excitable Cells" (MBExC), University of Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany.
⁴ German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE), Göttingen, Germany.
⁵ Fraunhofer Institute for Translational Medicine and Pharmacology (ITMP), Göttingen, Germany.
⁶ Campus-Institute Data Science (CIDAS), University of Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany.

Abstract

A resorbable closed-loop sensor-actuator implant can temporarily control heart rate.