Prototype wIreless pacemaker announced

Check it out:

 

http://www.futurity.org/pacemaker-without-battery-1452302/

6 Comments

Interesting but...

by Grateful Heart - 2017-06-08 12:15:32

If you leave the external battery pack home and start driving down the road.....

Grateful Heart

 

wireless

by Gotrhythm - 2017-06-08 18:03:10

Cool!

work out the "bugs"!!!

by zawodniak1 - 2017-06-08 22:47:56

Don't think I want to be the first kid on my block to get one.

                            Rodger

Progress

by Hoser - 2017-06-11 16:49:39

It is progress towards more independence from battery replacement. Baby steps...

It's a Prototype

by Grateful Heart - 2017-06-12 08:39:35

My comment was in jest.

Grateful Heart

Of course

by Hoser - 2017-06-12 18:14:00

But you are also correct. Being a prototype, it may take years (possibly until wireless charging is more ubiquitous) until "autonomy" from batteries.

And, it seems that the form factor (No leads!) is also a huge step forward.

You know you're wired when...

Airport security gives you free massages.

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