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A pacemaker that recharges itself on the patient's heart

  • Émission
    CQFD
  • 25 April 2019
  • Haran Burri
    • HUG
    • Médecine, UNIGE
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Recovering some of the heart's energy to recharge the battery of a pacemaker is the idea being tested by researchers in Beijing. A pacemaker would thus be implanted for life, without the need for surgical re-intervention to change its battery.

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