A Tissue Implantable Fuel Cell Power Supply

Animal experiments with biogalvanic and biofuel cells.

A tissue implantable fuel cell power supply.

In 1964 yahiro proposed fuel cells as a power supply for implantable medical devices. Still fuel cell research in medical field went temporarily into the trough due to the successful integration of. Weidlich e richter g von sturm f rao jr. Article as pdf 512 kb print this article.

Next abstract article tools. Add to my favorites. A novelty is the application of binder less platinum electrodes for both anode and cathode. A tissue implantable fuel cell power supply.

Drake rf kusserow bk messinger s matsuda s. Get content permissions. A tissue implantable fuel cell power supply. Implantable glucose fuel cells employing abiotic catalyst e g.

Noble metals activated carbon are a newly rediscovered approach to realize a battery independent power supply for medical implants with this concept electricity is directly generated from glucose and oxygen available in body fluids. A sustainable fuel cell power supply for medical implants. At that time the majority of the fuel cell studies focused on the use of glucose and oxygen as reactants and biological enzyme as the catalyst. This chapter provides readers from different disciplines with an overview of the technology and state of the art in implantable biofuel cells as power source for implantable systems.

This would be sufficient to power a 30 μw pacemaker with a cell surface area of 10 cm 2. A novelty is the application of binder less platinum electrodes for both anode and cathode. Noblemetals activatedcarbon areanewlyrediscoveredapproach to realize a battery independent power supply for medical implants 1. This overcomes the limited chemical stability of glucose fuel cells fabricated from activated carbon particles dispersed in a hydrogel matrix.

We present an improved abiotically catalyzed glucose fuel cell intended as tissue implantable power supply for medical implants. Biomaterials medical devices and artificial organs. Home april 1970 volume 16 issue 1 a tissue implantable fuel cell power supply previous abstract. Transactions of the american society for artificial internal organs asaio journal 1970.

Export to citation manager. Glucose fuel cell intended as tissue implantable power supply for medical implants. Trans am soc artif intern organs. With this concept electricity is directly generated.