Design of the solar cell system for recharging the external battery of the totally-implantable artificial heart.
The solar cell as the advanced alternative energy resource was found to be acceptable for increasing battery running time of the totally-implantable artificial heart. A sample of the wireless charging system with solar cell base gives a maximum battery running time around 9 hours and some physical and psychological freedom to the patient. This improvement will assist the application of the implantable artificial heart for a longer period of time and with added convenience to the recipient.
Tchin-Iou
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AV
Major of Biomedical Engineering, College of Engineering, Seoul National University, Korea.
Min
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BG
D011211:Electric Power Supplies; D006354:Heart, Artificial; D006801:Humans; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D011474:Prosthesis Design; D019919:Prosthesis Implantation; D012993:Solar Energy