Power Play: How Harvesting Energy From Lungs May End Need to Replace Batteries in Brain Stimulators

November 8, 2022 - Harvesting and storing energy from body movement connected to breathing may eliminate the need to change the batteries in deep-brain stimulators (DBS), a report found.?Writing in Cell Reports Physical Sciences, researchers describe the use of a biomechanical energy harvester to turn the movement of the chest wall during inhalation and exhalation into power for a DBS device. In theory, the technology could end the need for patients to undergo surgery every two to three years to replace the batteries in their devices. However, the technology is still in development with tests in a large animal the next step in the process. Please click here to read the full article!