«For clinical purposes, the current achievement will benefit the development of self -
powered cardiac pacemakers as well as prevent heart attacks via the real - time diagnosis of heart arrhythmia.
«First demonstration of a self -
powered cardiac pacemaker.»
This picture shows that a self -
powered cardiac pacemaker is enabled by a flexible piezoelectric energy harvester.
MDT's first life - changing therapy was a wearable, battery -
powered cardiac pacemaker.
Not exact matches
This technology could facilitate the use of self -
powered flexible energy harvesters, not only prolonging the lifetime of
cardiac pacemakers but also realizing real - time heart monitoring.
A research team from the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), headed by Professor Keon Jae Lee of the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at KAIST and Professor Boyoung Joung, M.D. of the Division of Cardiology at Severance Hospital of Yonsei University, has developed a self -
powered artificial
cardiac pacemaker that is operated semi-permanently by a flexible piezoelectric nanogenerator.
«Such a battery is definitely not suitable for use in mobile phones or electric vehicles, but it may target high - end applications with special requirements, such as the
power source for implantable
cardiac pacemakers.»
According to the research results, the small monocrystalline solar cells (22 % efficiency) used in the study were able to generate «much more» than the typical 5 to 10 microwatts that typical
cardiac pacemakers use, as even the lowest
power output measured by the devices was an average of 12 microwatts.