A Hip Implant Energy Harvester

14th International Conference on Micro and Nanotechnology for Power Generation and Energy Conversion Applications

物理学;能源学

Pancharoen, K.^1 ; Zhu, D.^1 ; Beeby, S.P.^1

Electronics and Computer Science, University of Southampton, Southampton, United Kingdom^1

关键词: Average frequency;    Body motions;    Energy Harvester;    Hip implants;    Low-frequency;    Magnetic force;    Power out put;    Resistive loads;   

Others  :  https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1742-6596/557/1/012038/pdf
DOI  :  10.1088/1742-6596/557/1/012038

来源: IOP

【 摘 要 】

This paper presents a kinetic energy harvester designed to be embedded in a hip implant which aims to operate at a low frequency associated with body motion of patients. The prototype is designed based on the constrained volume available in a hip prosthesis and the challenge is to harvest energy from low frequency movements (