STTR Phase I:Augmenting the Lifetime of Batteries for Implantable Devices

这个小型企业技术转移（STTR）第一阶段项目解决了利用压电传感器技术利用内部生物力学力为心脏起搏器等植入设备供电的可行性。该项目将推动体内能量收集设备的发展，作为人类和兽医健康科学医疗器械的一般电源。这项研究旨在延长需要电池供电的植入设备的寿命。该项目将减少更换电池的重复手术，通过提供更多的诊断输出和突发模式功率来增加植入物的功能，并由于后备系统的存在而提高植入物的整体可靠性。

This Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Phase I project addresses the feasibility of harnessing the internal biomechanical forces using piezoelectric transducer technology to power implanted devices such as cardiac pacemakers. The project will advance the develop of in vivo energy harvesting devices as power sources in general, for medical appliances in human and veterinary health sciences.The research seeks to increase the longevity of implanted devices that require battery power for function. The project will alleviate the need for repeated surgeries for battery replacement, increase the functionality of the implant by providing more diagnostic output and burst mode power and to increase the overall reliability of the implant due to the back up system in place.