Development of an electrostatic generator for a cardiac pacemaker that harnesses the ventricular wall motion

Journal of Artificial Organs

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 239-245

  Tashiro, Ryoichi ^a   Kabei, Nobuyuki ^a   Katayama, Kunimasa ^b   Tsuboi, Fuminori ^b   Tsuchiya, Kiichi ^c  

^a Saitama Cardiovasc Resp Center   (Japan)

^b TERUMO CORPORATION   (Japan)

^c WASEDA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bioenergy; Cardiac motion; Cardiac pacemaker; Electric generator; Electrostatic generator; Resonance

Indexed keywords

ACCELEROMETER; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; ELECTRIC BATTERY; ELECTRICITY; EXPERIMENTAL ANIMAL; GENERATOR; HEART STIMULATION; HEART VENTRICLE WALL MOTION; HUMAN; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; THORAX; VARIABLE CAPACITANCE TYPE ELECTROSTATIC GENERATOR; VIBRATION;

EID: 0036937464     PISSN: 14347229     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s100470200045     Document Type: Article

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