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Measurement, Instrumentation, and Sensors Handbook, Second Edition, 2nd Edition
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Measurement, Instrumentation, and Sensors Handbook, Second Edition, 2nd Edition

by John G. Webster, Halit Eren
February 2014
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
1921 pages
82h 13m
English
CRC Press
Content preview from Measurement, Instrumentation, and Sensors Handbook, Second Edition, 2nd Edition
2-16 Sensors and Sensor Technology
2.5 Conclusions
Implantable medical devices are widely employed to monitor or to control dierent physiological
pa
rameters
. Se
veral
im
plantable
me
dical
de
vices
ar
e
po
wered
by a ba
ttery,
wh
ich
co
nstitutes
a se
vere
li
mitation
be
cause,
in mo
st
ca
ses,
th
e
ba
ttery
de
nes
th
e
li
fetime
of th
e
en
tire
im
plantable
me
dical
de
vice;
in pa
rticular,
be
cause
of th
e
ba
ttery
di
scharge,
th
e
im
planted
sy
stem
mu
st
be su
rgically
re
placed
.
To ob
viate
th
is
pr
oblem,
th
e
im
plantable
me
dical
de
vice
sh
ould
be po
wered
th
rough
a te
lemetric
te
ch-
nique
or th
rough
an en
ergy-harvesting
sy
stem
im
planted
tog
ether
wi
th
th
e
de
vice
. Se
vera
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