Implant Attached to Heart Generates Electricity to Power Pacemaker

Pacemakers, defibrillators and other cardiac implants are life saving devices, but the batteries inside of them remain their Achilles’ heel. Every five to ten years they have to be replaced in another invasive surgery that patients abhor and that put a high cost on the healthcare system. Harvesting energy from inside the body to power these (Read more...)

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