Radio Waves Powered Cardiac Device Developed By Stanford Engineers

Stanford engineering team's latest research could bring a huge change to the implantable cardiac devices. The team, lead by Ada Poon, assistant professor of electrical engineering at Stanford has developed a cardiac device that powers itself from the radio waves outside human body instead of batteries. The device is so small that it was contained inside a cube that's just 8/10 of a millimetre. The researchers believe that the applications of their device are wide including in swalloable endoscopes aka the pillcams - that travel inside human digestion system collecting important information.

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Image Credit: John Ho, Stanford Engineering

The new device could revolutionise the pacemakers which operate on batteries. The batteries are so bulky that they occupy half the volume of the device they're powering. The biggest disadvantage is that the batteries have finite life and need replacement after certain period of time.  Poon's creation solves both these problems. The details of the research can be found on the source link below -

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