A glucose biofuel cell implanted in rats.

Powering future generations of implanted medical devices will require cumbersome transcutaneous energy transfer or harvesting energy from the human body. No functional solution that harvests power from the body is currently available, despite attempts to use the Seebeck thermoelectric effect, vibrat...

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Main Authors: Philippe Cinquin, Chantal Gondran, Fabien Giroud, Simon Mazabrard, Aymeric Pellissier, François Boucher, Jean-Pierre Alcaraz, Karine Gorgy, François Lenouvel, Stéphane Mathé, Paolo Porcu, Serge Cosnier
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2010-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2864295?pdf=render