How do you feel if you are being monitored all the time? Medtronic has successfully miniaturize their cardiac technologies which can be implanted in the heart. The sensors would help with disease management, as they could be programmed to monitor particular organs or systems.
Medtronic Wants to Implant Sensors in Everyone
Today, when doctors suspect that a patient has a cardiac arrhythmia that could lead to a heart attack, they can implant a tiny cardiac monitor smaller than a AAA battery in the patient's chest, directly over the heart. The company that makes that monitor, Medtronic, thinks the day will come when perfectly healthy people will be clamoring to have that gear inside them as well.
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