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Biomedical Devices Adopting Energy-Harvesting Schemes

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Energy Harvesting Trends for Low Power Compact Electronic Devices

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The development of society depends on the availability of energy. The conflict between rising energy needs and dwindling supplies is one of the most pressing issues facing the global community today. Meanwhile, pollution is rising due to the overusage of fossil fuels. Therefore, it is crucial to study and develop new eco-friendly and long-lasting energy sources. There is an abundance of chemical, thermal, and mechanical energy sources available to humans and animals. The fate of humanity rests in the hands of implanted devices, making them vitally important. This research looks on the issues and challenges of the current energy collection systems used for implantable biomedical devices. The current technical trend of harvesting energy from natural sources and human body motions for implanted devices is a reality. It has been demonstrated that it is possible to successfully harness energy from either human or natural sources. Therefore, many studies narrow their focus to one kind of energy harvesting for biomedical wearable sensors, such as kinetic energy from body motion, vibration, thermal energy, or solar energy from environmental sources. The wide array of energy harvesters made possible by the convergence of groundbreaking materials and production processes has infinite promise for enhancing human health and well-being. Energy harvesting from human motion is a clean and potential replacement for battery power in applications such as wearable electronics. This study discusses the current issues and limitations of all energy-harvesting systems for implanted biomedical devices.

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  1. Sri Eshwar College of Engineering, Coimbatore, Tamilnadu, India

    M. Saravanan

  2. SRM Institute of Science and Technology, Chennai, Tamilnadu, India

    Eswaran Parthasarathy

  3. SR University, Warangal, Telangana, India

    J. Ajayan

  4. Department of ECE, KPR Institute of Engineering and Technology, Coimbatore, Tamilnadu, India

    T. Shanmugaraja & B. Jaishankar

  5. Dr. N.G.P. Institute of Technology, Coimbatore, Tamilnadu, India

    J. Mercy & R. Lawanya

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  3. Department of Biomedical Engineering, Central University of Rajasthan, Ajmer, Rajasthan, India

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Saravanan, M. et al. (2023). Biomedical Devices Adopting Energy-Harvesting Schemes. In: Nella, A., Bhowmick, A., Kumar, C., Rajagopal, M. (eds) Energy Harvesting Trends for Low Power Compact Electronic Devices. EAI/Springer Innovations in Communication and Computing. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-35965-1_4

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