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Effect of Supercapacitor on Power Supply for Rechargeable Implanted Medical Devices

ATTAH, AMARACHI RITA and Misra, Sanjay and Ahuja, Ravin and Jonathan, Oluranti (2020) Effect of Supercapacitor on Power Supply for Rechargeable Implanted Medical Devices. In: Recent Innovations in Computing, 13 January 2021, Online.

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Abstract

The need for medical devices to be planted into living organisms to perform the function of a dysfunctional body part is increasing by the day. Most of these devices require power supply of some sort to function appropriately. The supply can be taken care of by batteries but the batteries have a life span which will never be long enough, especially if the implant is in a human. This will mean that every time the battery dies the device will have to be brought out and the batteries changed. This paper seeks to explore the existing energy storage capacities for a wireless setup. The addition of a supercapacitor to the battery or replacement in the power pack was simulated and analyzed. Then, a proffered solution which is introducing a microcontroller to determine the switching between battery and super capacitor was proposed. Also some level of communication and control of the implant by the external circuit through the capacitor.

Item Type: Conference or Workshop Item (Paper)
Subjects: Q Science > QA Mathematics
Q Science > QA Mathematics > QA76 Computer software
Q Science > QC Physics
Divisions: Faculty of Engineering, Science and Mathematics > School of Electronics and Computer Science
Depositing User: Patricia Nwokealisi
Date Deposited: 24 Jul 2024 13:04
Last Modified: 24 Jul 2024 13:04
URI: http://eprints.covenantuniversity.edu.ng/id/eprint/18294

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