Energy harvesting for the implantable biomedical devices: issues and challenges

Hannan, M. A.; Mutashar, Saad; Samad, Salina Abdul; Hussain, Aini

doi:10.1186/1475-925x-13-79

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“…These devices, for example, could harvest the body's kinetic energy (from body motion). 30 Different transducers convert kinetic energy to electric using the following methods: piezoelectric, magnetic induction generator, or electrostatic transduction methods. Potential external sources of energy include energy transfer wirelessly or using thermal or solar sources.…”

Section: Flexible Bioelectronicsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Protein-Based Bioelectronics

Torculas

Medina

Wang

et al. 2016

ACS Biomater. Sci. Eng.

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The desire for flexible electronics is booming, and development of bioelectronics for health monitoring, internal body procedures, and other biomedical applications is heavily responsible for the growing market. Most current fabrication techniques for flexible bioelectronics, however, do not use materials that optimize both biocompatibility and mechanical properties. This review explores flexible electronic technologies, fabrication methods, and protein materials for biomedical applications. With favorable sustainability and biocompatibility, naturally-derived proteins are an exceptional alternative to synthetic materials currently used. Many proteins can take on various forms, such as fibers, films, and scaffolds. The fabrication of resistors and organic solar cells on silk has already been proven, and optoelectronics made of collagen and keratin have also been explored. The flexibility and biocompatibility of these materials along with their proven performance in electronics make them ideal materials in the advancement of biomedical devices.

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Section: Flexible Bioelectronicsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Protein-Based Bioelectronics

Torculas

Medina

Wang

et al. 2016

ACS Biomater. Sci. Eng.

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“…Moreover, most of the methods are still under investigation and provide low energy savings. They may also cause hazards and skin infections when de-ployed in the healthcare monitoring [12]. The power profile of the task set can be varied by exploiting DVFS and DPM capabilities of the proessor.…”

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Modeling and Simulation of an Autonomous Power Manager for Sensor Networks

́our¹,

Jmal²,

Abid³

2016

IJMO

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Abstract-Wireless Sensor Networks (WSN) have widespread applications, ranging from the industrial automation to the home applications, a result of their higher enhanced capabilities and im-proved cost-efficiency. However, there may not be enough resources to process those applications. So raising the energy efficiency of WSN is a paramount objective to extend the lifetime of the sensors network. This paper presents the methodologies followed to develop effective techniques to save the energy consumption of the WSN at the system level and under time constraints. This approach is based on an interplay of online strategies to manage the energy at a local level, as well as a scheduling policy that exploits effectively the resources at the global level. The autonomous power manager combines the Dynamic Power Management (DPM) with a Dynamic Voltage and Frequency Scaling (DVFS) that will be validated using the STORM simulator.

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“…The property that is being held constant during the conversion process decides the name of the path. While the other property changes in response to the varying capacitance [2]. At the next level there are three standard topologies of the electrostatic converters that include: In-plane Gap Closing, In-plane Overlap and Out-of Plane Gap Closing [13].…”

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“…The form of energy that is used to scavenge the power using the harvesting techniques defines the type of energy harvesting. A number of energy sources can be exploited in this field [2]. These include:…”

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A comparative analysis of different vibration based energy harvesting techniques for implantables

Koul

Ahmed

Kakkar

2015

International Conference on Computing, Communication &Amp; Automation

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Energy harvesting is the process of scavenging electrical energy from energy sources available in the environment. A wide variety of energy sources can be exploited here. Some of the sources include kinetic energy, thermal energy, solar energy etc. With the progress in low power design, the concept of harvesting energy to power electronic circuits has also gained relevance. Electrical energy/power can be harvested by exploiting the human body motion. Different types of transducers can be used for this. Piezoelectric materials, variable capacitors, and inductive generators can be employed here according to the type of harvester. An important and vast area of application of energy harvesting can be the medical implants field. Energy harvesting for the powering of a new generation of medical implants, miniaturized implants (functioning without battery) such as a pacemaker is discussed. Various potential techniques for this energy transduction are studied, surveyed and compared. Also the different types of mechanical energy sources in the implant environment are explored.

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Energy harvesting for the implantable biomedical devices: issues and challenges

Cited by 267 publications

References 76 publications

Protein-Based Bioelectronics

Protein-Based Bioelectronics

Modeling and Simulation of an Autonomous Power Manager for Sensor Networks

A comparative analysis of different vibration based energy harvesting techniques for implantables

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