A Tissue Implantable Fuel Cell Power Supply

Noblemetals activatedcarbon areanewlyrediscoveredapproach to realize a battery independent power supply for medical implants 1.

A tissue implantable fuel cell power supply.

Animal experiments with biogalvanic and biofuel cells. Add to my favorites. Biomaterials medical devices and artificial organs. With this concept electricity is directly generated.

Article as pdf 512 kb print this article. 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. We present an improved abiotically catalyzed glucose fuel cell intended as tissue implantable 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.

Weidlich e richter g von sturm f rao jr. 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. A novelty is the application of binder less platinum electrodes for both anode and cathode. Drake rf kusserow bk messinger s matsuda s.

Export to citation manager. Next abstract article tools. Get content permissions. In 1964 yahiro proposed fuel cells as a power supply for implantable medical devices.

A sustainable fuel cell power supply for medical implants implantable glucose fuel cells employing abiotic catalyst e g. Home april 1970 volume 16 issue 1 a tissue implantable fuel cell power supply previous abstract. Alert me when cited. A novelty is the application of binder less platinum electrodes for both anode and cathode.

This overcomes the limited chemical stability of glucose fuel cells fabricated from activated carbon particles dispersed in a hydrogel matrix. A sustainable fuel cell power supply for medical implants. This would be sufficient to power a 30 μw pacemaker with a cell surface area of 10 cm 2. Glucose fuel cell intended as tissue implantable power supply for medical implants.

Our current one compartment direct glucose fuel cell achieves a power density of 3 5 μw cm 2. Still fuel cell research in medical field went temporarily into the trough due to the successful integration of. Transactions of the american society for artificial internal organs asaio journal 1970. Implantable glucose fuel cells employing abiotic catalyst e g.