A miniaturized endocardial electromagnetic energy harvester for leadless cardiac pacemakers.

Life expectancy of contemporary cardiac pacemakers is limited due to the use of an internal primary battery. Repeated device replacement interventions are necessary, which leads to an elevated risk for patients and an increase of health care costs. The aim of our study is to investigate the feasibil...

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Main Authors: Nicolas Franzina, Adrian Zurbuchen, Andreas Zumbrunnen, Thomas Niederhauser, Tobias Reichlin, Juergen Burger, Andreas Haeberlin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2020-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0239667