Medtronic’s Wireless Pacemaker Goes Straight to the Heart

The Micra is so small that it sits inside the right ventricle

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By Michelle Fay Cortez

July 10, 2015 at 4:27 PM UTC

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This article is part of the July 13, 2015 issue of businessweek.

Innovator: David Steinhaus
Age: 63
Medical director for the cardiac rhythm and heart failure business at Medtronic, based in Dublin and Minneapolis

Form and function
Micra Transcatheter Pacing System, a pacemaker so small that it rests inside the heart, operates steadily and silently without the wires of a conventional design, which can break and cause infections or blood clots.