A Multi-site Heart Pacing Study Using Wirelessly Powered Leadless Pacemakers

Annu Int Conf IEEE Eng Med Biol Soc. 2018 Jul:2018:3434-3437. doi: 10.1109/EMBC.2018.8512977.

Abstract

In this work, we report an energy-efficient switched capacitor based millimeter-scale pacemaker (5 mm ×7.5 mm) and a multi-receiver wireless energy transfer system operating at around 200 MHz, and use them in a proof-of-concept multi-site heart pacing study. Two pacemakers were placed on two beating Langendorff rodent heart models separately. By utilizing a single transmitter positioned 20-30 cm away, both Langendorff hearts captured the stimuli simultaneously and were electromechanically coupled. This study provides an insight for future energy-efficient and distributed cardiac pacemakers that can offer cardiac resynchronization therapies.

Publication types

  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.

MeSH terms

  • Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy
  • Equipment Design
  • Heart
  • Pacemaker, Artificial*
  • Thoracic Surgical Procedures*