Nature Communications (Dec 2019)

Wireless, battery-free, fully implantable multimodal and multisite pacemakers for applications in small animal models

  • Philipp Gutruf,
  • Rose T. Yin,
  • K. Benjamin Lee,
  • Jokubas Ausra,
  • Jaclyn A. Brennan,
  • Yun Qiao,
  • Zhaoqian Xie,
  • Roberto Peralta,
  • Olivia Talarico,
  • Alejandro Murillo,
  • Sheena W. Chen,
  • John P. Leshock,
  • Chad R. Haney,
  • Emily A. Waters,
  • Changxing Zhang,
  • Haiwen Luan,
  • Yonggang Huang,
  • Gregory Trachiotis,
  • Igor R. Efimov,
  • John A. Rogers

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-13637-w
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 10, no. 1
pp. 1 – 10

Abstract

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Pacing tools that support small animals and can serve as models for pathogenesis of cardiovascular diseases are currently not available. Here, the authors report a miniaturized wireless battery-free implantable multimodal and multisite pacemaker that provides unlimited stimulation to test subjects.