What’s the password to your heart? I need to get online. (Picture: Medtronic)

Connecting to an internet network from someone’s heart could soon become a reality after doctors unveiled a heart monitor that uses WiFi.

The Reveal Linq monitor, which costs £2,000, is so small that it can be installed under the skin near the heart.

It is able to monitor the heart before sending information to doctors using WiFi, and is currently being used in medical theatres.

Here’s something to explain how it works (Picture: SWNS)

It is hoped that the device could be used by outpatients by the end of the year because of its simple concept.


Doreen Van Der Vliet, 77, became the third Briton to be fitted with the device, after suffering a heart attack in January 2014.



The monitor was fitted in a mere 46 seconds, after being injected into a small incision.

Mind: blown.

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