Recharging the battery of implantable biomedical devices by light

Artificial Organs

Volumn 33, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 855-860

  Algora, Carlos ^a,b   Peña, Rafael ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE ENERGÍA SOLAR   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALCALÁ   (Spain)

Author keywords

Implantable devices; Optical fiber; Photovoltaic converter; Power supply; Skin

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL EQUIPMENT; ELECTRIC POWER SYSTEMS; IMPLANTS (SURGICAL); SECONDARY BATTERIES;

ELECTRIC ACCUMULATORS; ELECTRIC POWER; IMPLANTABLE BIOMEDICAL DEVICES; IMPLANTABLE DEVICES; IMPLANTABLE MEDICAL DEVICES; PHOTOVOLTAIC CONVERTER; PHOTOVOLTAIC DEVICES; POWER; POWER SUPPLY; POWERING SYSTEMS;

OPTICAL FIBERS;

GLASS FIBER;

ARTICLE; ELECTRIC BATTERY; EPIDERMIS; IMPLANT; LASER; LIGHT; POWER SUPPLY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE GENERATOR; SPINAL CORD STIMULATION;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 72449184588     PISSN: 0160564X     EISSN: 15251594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-1594.2009.00803.x     Document Type: Article

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