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Heartbeat Powered Pacemakers: Body-Run Batteries
By Jim Greene Trending Health News

Heartbeat Powered Pacemakers: Body-Run Batteries

New technological advances could mean the end to pacemaker battery surgeries. The American researchers from the University of Michigan have engineered a new pacemaker. They used piezoelectric materials, which generate small amounts of electricity with the changing movements of their shape. The researchers used the natural movement of the heart to fuel the piezoelectric materials. Initial testing […]

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