This artist's concept of a nuclear-powered cardiac pacemaker has been successfully implanted in a dog at the National Institutes of Health, at Bethesda, Md., it was announced 6/10. The device, designed to operate for at least 10 years, was developed by the Atomic Energy Commission and Nuclear Materials and Equipment Corp., of Apollo Pa. The pacemaker is about two-thirds the size of a pack of cigarettes and weights 3 1/2 ounces. It is powered by Plutonium-238 (labeled fuel in drawing).

United Press International · [ca. June 1969]

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