MIT’s non-invasive ultrasound pacemaker could reduce the need for cardiac implants

MIT researchers developed a chest-worn ultrasound sticker that can pace engineered heart cells using sonogenetics.

In lab tests, it synchronized human cardiac cells and helped stabilize arrhythmias in rats.

The device was published in Nature Biomedical Engineering by a team including Xuanhe Zhao and Chen Gong.

If further developed, it could reduce the need for invasive pacemaker implants and chest surgery.