The first batteryless, solar-powered cardiac pacemaker

Heart Rhythm

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 1317-1323

  Haeberlin, Andreas ^a,b   Zurbuchen, Adrian ^b   Walpen, Sébastien ^b   Schaerer, Jakob ^b   Niederhauser, Thomas ^b,c   Huber, Christoph ^a   Tanner, Hildegard ^a   Servatius, Helge ^a   Seiler, Jens ^a   Haeberlin, Heinrich ^c   Fuhrer, Juerg ^a   Vogel, Rolf ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^c BERN UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Switzerland)

^d Buergerspital   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Batteryless pacemaker; Batteryless pacing; Energy harvesting; Pacemaker; Pacemaker technology; Solar pacemaker; Sunlight; Sunlight powered pacemaker

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EX VIVO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MEASUREMENT; NONHUMAN; PACEMAKER; PACEMAKER IMPLANTATION; PIG; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOLAR ENERGY; SUN EXPOSURE; SUNLIGHT; ANIMAL; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; LIGHT; PROCEDURES; PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION;

ANIMALS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; LIGHT; PACEMAKER, ARTIFICIAL; PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; SOLAR ENERGY; SUNLIGHT; SWINE;

EID: 84930372581     PISSN: 15475271     EISSN: 15563871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2015.02.032     Document Type: Article

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