Batteries for Implantable Biomedical Devices

✍ Scribed by Alvin J. Salkind, Alan J. Spotnitz (auth.), Boone B. Owens (eds.)

• Publisher: Springer US
• Year: 1986
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 370
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Small sealed electrochemical power units have developed remarkably in the last two decades owing to improvements in technology and a greater understanding of the underlying basic sciences. These high-energy-density sealed battery sys­ tems have made possible the safe and rapid development of lightweight implant­ able electrical devices, some of which, such as heart pacers, have reached a large market. In most of these devices the battery constitutes the majority of the device volume and weight, and limits the useful life. This book on Batteries for Implantable Biomedical Devices will be highly welcome to those interested in devices for heart pacing, pain suppression, bone repair, bone fusion, heart assist, and diabetes control, as well as numerous other biomedical devices that depend on sealed batteries. However, the material will also be extremely useful to a much broader audience, including those concerned with sealed batteries for such other difficult environments as space, the sea and remote locations.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages i-xxi
Electrically Driven Implantable Prostheses....Pages 1-36
Key Events in the Evolution of Implantable Pacemaker Batteries....Pages 37-49
Lithium Primary Cells for Power Sources....Pages 51-81
Evaluation Methods....Pages 83-111
Battery Performance Modeling....Pages 113-131
Lithium/Halogen Batteries....Pages 133-180
Lithium Solid Cathode Batteries for Biomedical Implantable Applications....Pages 181-213
Lithium-Liquid Oxidant Batteries....Pages 215-259
Mercury Batteries for Pacemakers and Other Implantable Devices....Pages 261-274
Rechargeable Electrochemical Cells as Implantable Power Sources....Pages 275-284
Nuclear Batteries for Implantable Applications....Pages 285-352
Back Matter....Pages 353-358

✦ Subjects

Electrochemistry;Physical Chemistry;Biomedical Engineering