U-M’s heart-powered hearts
The whiz-kids at U-M have done it again… well, almost. University engineering researchers have designed a device that converts the reverberations of heartbeats into the energy needed to run a pacemaker. How cool is that? Making the prototype comes next. Excerpt: "The new device could generate 10 microwatts of power, which is about eight times the amount a pacemaker needs to operate, Karami said. It always generates more energy than the pacemaker requires, and it performs at heart rates from 7 to 700 beats per minute. That's well below and above the normal range." Read the rest here.
The whiz-kids at U-M have done it again… well, almost. University engineering researchers have designed a device that converts the reverberations of heartbeats into the energy needed to run a pacemaker. How cool is that? Making the prototype comes next.
Excerpt:
“The new device could generate 10 microwatts of power, which is about eight times the amount a pacemaker needs to operate, Karami said. It always generates more energy than the pacemaker requires, and it performs at heart rates from 7 to 700 beats per minute. That’s well below and above the normal range.”
Read the rest here.
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