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In-vivodemonstration of a self-contained ultrasound-based battery charging approach for medical implants

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Ultrasound electrical recharging (USERTM) has been developed to demonstrate application-specific charging of a 200 mA-h Li-ion battery currently used in a clinical device for lower esophageal sphincter stimulation. In refining… Click to show full abstract

Ultrasound electrical recharging (USERTM) has been developed to demonstrate application-specific charging of a 200 mA-h Li-ion battery currently used in a clinical device for lower esophageal sphincter stimulation. In refining earlier developments [JASA 134(5) 4121, 2013], the receiver transducer and charging chip circuitry was miniaturized by an order of magnitude to a volume of 1.1 cc, the transducer attached directly to the 0.4 mm thick titanium device casing. Transmitter was a 1 MHz, 25 mm diameter piezo-composite disk, while the 1 MHz frequency matched receiver was either a 15 mm diameter disk or a 15 mm square tile. During a series of acute in vivo porcine experiments, the titanium prototype was implanted 10—15 mm deep in the subcutaneous tissue, the battery being successfully charged at a current of up to 75 mA, whereby the nominal transmitted RF power was 2 W. Maximum tissue temperature increase during the 4-hour charging cycle was 2.5 0C, directly in front of the receiver face, with no histologic...

Keywords: ultrasound based; vivodemonstration self; contained ultrasound; battery; based battery; self contained

Journal Title: Journal of the Acoustical Society of America
Year Published: 2017

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