Design and realization of an energy harvester using pulsating arterial pressure

Medical Engineering and Physics

Volumn 35, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 1256-1265

  Pfenniger, Alois ^a,b   Wickramarathna, Lalith N ^c   Vogel, Rolf ^b,d,e   Koch, Volker M ^a  

^a BERN UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^c University of Koblenz Landau ^*  (Germany)

^d Hospital Solothurn   (Switzerland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Arterial energy scavenging; Electromagnetic induction; Energy harvesting; Medical implants

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC TRANSDUCTION; ENERGY REQUIREMENTS; ENERGY SCAVENGING; EXPANSION AND CONTRACTION; IMPLANTED MEDICAL DEVICES; MEDICAL IMPLANTS; THEORETICAL MODELLING; TRANSDUCTION MECHANISM;

BIOMEDICAL EQUIPMENT; ELECTROMAGNETIC INDUCTION;

ENERGY HARVESTING;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTERIAL PRESSURE; ARTERY CONSTRICTION; ARTERY WALL; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELASTICITY; ENERGY RESOURCE; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GENERATOR; HEARING AID; HEART BEAT; HEART VENTRICLE WALL; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMPLANT; IMPLANTED HEART PACEMAKER; MAGNETIC FIELD; MATERIAL STATE; MINIPIG; NEURAL RECORDING; NONHUMAN; POWER SUPPLY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS DEVELOPMENT; PULSATING ARTERIAL PRESSURE; PULSE PRESSURE; SIGNAL DETECTION; THEORETICAL MODEL; X RAY TUBE;

EID: 84880801118     PISSN: 13504533     EISSN: 18734030     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.medengphy.2013.01.001     Document Type: Article

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