PAcemaker Program
The World's 1st & Only Pacemaker Reconditioning Facility
Pacemaker program
Sheldon & Marion Davis Pacemaker Recycling Center at World Medical Relief - home of Project My Heart Your Heart, the world’s first and only facility dedicated to reconditioning and recycling pacemakers.
What is a pacemaker?
A pacemaker is a tiny, battery powered device that sends gentle electrical pulses to keep your heartbeat steady. By preventing dangerously slow or irregular rhythms, it stops dizziness or fainting and gives people the freedom to live fully again.
Why it matters
Every year more than 1 million people lose their life because they need but cannot afford a pacemaker or ICD.
We refuse to accept that.
Dr. Kim Eagle, MD, Director of the University of Michigan Frankel Cardiovascular Center, and
Dr. Thomas Crawford, MD, cardiac electrophysiologist at Michigan Medicine, led the FDA-approved research proving that safely refurbished devices save lives.
World Medical Relief receives devices from hospitals, funeral homes, and families, then our team of biomedical experts cleans, tests, and certifies each pacemaker for a second chance at life.
To date we’ve logged nearly 30,000 donated pacemakers and counting.
powered by partnerships
Project My Heart Your Heart unites surgeons, ethicists, and engineers worldwide.
(Initial vision by Dr. Kim Eagle & Dr. Thomas Crawford; ongoing guidance from infectious-disease and global-health experts.)
proof in the real world
First implant: 20 February 2018, Kenyan Public Health Facility. Thousands of safe, refurbished implants have followed.
“Thanks to Dr. Crawford, we now train African pacemaker implanters who return home and perform these procedures. Potentially saving thousands of lives.” - Dr. Kim Eagle
QUICK FACTS:
World’s first pacemaker reconditioning center
FDA-approved for export and non-US use
30k pacemakers collected through our national partnership with Implant Recycling.
Active training alliance with the Pan African Cardiac Society
Your Role In the Story
Every refurbished device begins with a single act of generosity. If you have (or know of) an explanted pacemaker, please consider donating it.
Call us at (313) 866-5333 or complete the form below to make your pacemaker donation.
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