The latest meeting of the American Heart Association witnessed
the unveiling of a new pacemaker concept: one that collects
energy from the heart's regular beatings, turns it into
electricity and thus succeeds in meeting its own power demands.
Should such experimental devices pass all of the tests they are
to be subjected to with flying colors, it is possible that
people having to wear pacemakers will no longer have to
“recharge” on quite a regular basis. As is to be expected, this
would improve on their quality of life, seeing how they will be
spared the need to go into surgery every five-seven years.
explains that, after conducting various experiments in a
laboratory, M. Amin Karami, Ph.D, and his team found that 100
simulated heartbeats are fully capable of generating 10 times
the power burnt by a modern pacemakers. Therefore, a so-called
energy harvester could potentially help collect this energy,
turn it into electricity and feed it into the pacemaker. The
scientists working on developing these pacemakers