Energy harvesting devices as long lasting power sources for the next generation pacemakers

Author

Lefeuvre, Elie ; Risquez, S. ; Woytasik, Marion ; Deterre, Martin ; Boutaud, Bertrand ; Dal Molin, Renzo

Author_Institution

Univ. Paris Sud, Orsay, France

fYear

2013

fDate

15-18 Dec. 2013

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

4

Abstract

This paper presents devices for harvesting energy from regular blood pressure variation in heart cavities. Specific challenges of this concept are analyzed. First, a very flexible and hermetic packaging solution is proposed. Then, piezoelectric and electrostatic transducers are conceived and optimized for the pacemaker application. According to our simulations and experiments, the proposed devices should provide the targeted electrical energy of 10 μJ per heartbeat in real environment.

Keywords

blood; electrostatic devices; energy harvesting; pacemakers; piezoelectric transducers; electrical energy; electrostatic transducers; energy 10 muJ; energy harvesting devices; flexible packaging solution; heart cavities; hermetic packaging solution; long lasting power sources; next generation pacemakers; piezoelectric transducers; regular blood pressure variation; Fabrication; Indexes; Pacemakers; Power engineering; electrostatic; energy harvesting; medical implant; packaging; piezoelectric;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Microelectronics (ICM), 2013 25th International Conference on

Conference_Location

Beirut

Print_ISBN

978-1-4799-3569-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICM.2013.6735026

Filename

6735026