Dr Amin Karami told a meeting of the American Heart Association that pacemaker batteries needed to be replaced approximately every seven years.
BBC: Heartbeat 'could power pacemaker'
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"Our next step is to fabricate a complete self-powered pacemaker and examine it with animal tests, " wrote Dr. Karami in an email.
WSJ: Harnessing Energy From the Body to Power Devices
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Their team showed that the device could generate 18 times the amount of energy needed to power a pacemaker using a normal heart beat, according to Dr. Karami.
WSJ: Harnessing Energy From the Body to Power Devices