Investigation of a thermoelectric power supply for the artificial accommodation system

2010 3rd International Symposium on Applied Sciences in Biomedical and Communication Technologies, ISABEL 2010

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages

  Nagel, J A ^a   Sieber, I ^a   Gengenbach, U ^a   Guth, H ^a   Bretthauer, G ^a   Guthoff, R F ^b  

^a KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROSTOCK   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE IMPLANTS; AGE-RELATED; CRYSTALLINE LENS; ELECTRICAL ENERGY; INTEGRATED OPTICAL ELEMENTS; MICROMECHANICAL SYSTEMS; NEW APPROACHES; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; POWER SUPPLY; REFRACTIVE POWER; WHOLE SYSTEMS;

ENERGY HARVESTING; MECHANICAL ENGINEERING;

ELECTRIC POWER SYSTEMS;

EID: 79952018001     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ISABEL.2010.5702900     Document Type: Conference Paper

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