Nature Communications (Apr 2019)

Symbiotic cardiac pacemaker

  • Han Ouyang,
  • Zhuo Liu,
  • Ning Li,
  • Bojing Shi,
  • Yang Zou,
  • Feng Xie,
  • Ye Ma,
  • Zhe Li,
  • Hu Li,
  • Qiang Zheng,
  • Xuecheng Qu,
  • Yubo Fan,
  • Zhong Lin Wang,
  • Hao Zhang,
  • Zhou Li

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-09851-1
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 10, no. 1
pp. 1 – 10

Abstract

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Implantable medical electronic devices are limited by battery lifetime and inflexibility, but self-powered devices can harvest biomechanical energy. Here the authors demonstrate cardiac pacing and correction of sinus arrhythmia with a symbiotic cardiac pacemaker, which is an implanted self-powered pacing system powered by cardiac motion, in a swine.