In this work, we developed a new design for energy harvesting that can be miniaturized and integrated within existing pacemakers
Zi Chen, Assistant Professor at Thayer “

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Engineers Harvest Heart’s Energy to Power Life-Saving Devices

Harnessing the heartbeat to charge batteries
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    Rendering of the two designs of the cardiac energy harvesting device. (Cover art by Patricio Sarzosa)

The heart’s motion is so powerful that it can recharge devices that save our lives, according to new research from Dartmouth College.

Using a dime-sized invention developed by engineers at the Thayer School of Engineering at Dartmouth, the kinetic energy of the heart can be converted into electricity to power a wide-range of implantable devices, according to the study funded by the National Institutes of Health.

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