Apparatus for in vivo energy harvesting
US8217523B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Jan 14, 2009 |
| Grant date | Jul 10, 2012 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 4, 2031 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH02K35/02
- WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
An energy harvesting mechanism creates electrical energy from in vivo physiological motion, transforming low frequency, physiological excitation into high frequencies for producing electricity and harvesting energy using an energy collector is deformed from variation of physiologic forces or motion with an input displacement, then captured, and then released to allow the energy collector to move with an output displacement being either faster or has a higher frequency, or both, when compared to the input displacement.
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