Powering an artificial heart: Birth of the inductively coupled-radio frequency system in 1960

Artificial Organs

Volumn 26, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 909-915

  Schuder, John C ^a,b  

^a University of Missouri   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

Inductively coupled system; Powering artificial heart; Radio frequency; Transcutaneous energy transformer

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC INDUCTION; HEART;

COUPLED SYSTEMS; ENERGY; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED SYSTEM; INDUCTIVELY-COUPLED; POWERING ARTIFICIAL HEART; RADIO FREQUENCY SYSTEMS; RADIOFREQUENCIES; RESEARCH PROGRAMS; TRANSCUTANEOUS; TRANSCUTANEOUS ENERGY TRANSFORMER;

RADIO WAVES;

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL HEART; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; ENERGY RESOURCE; ENERGY TRANSFER; EVALUATION; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; IMPLANT; NONHUMAN; OSCILLATOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORAX WALL;

CANIS FAMILIARIS;

EID: 0036429976     PISSN: 0160564X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1525-1594.2002.07130.x     Document Type: Article

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