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The Swiss approach for a heartbeat-driven lead- and batteryless pacemaker by Zurbuchen, Adrian, PhD, Haeberlin, Andreas, PhD, Bereuter, Lukas, MSc, Wagner, Joerg, MSc, Pfenniger, Alois, PhD, Omari, Sammy, MSc, Schaerer, Jakob, BSc, Jutzi, Frank, Huber, Christoph, PhD, Fuhrer, Juerg, PhD, Vogel, Rolf, PhD

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Energy Harvesting from the Cardiovascular System, or How to Get a Little Help from Yourself by Pfenniger, Alois, Jonsson, Magnus, Zurbuchen, Adrian, Koch, Volker M., Vogel, Rolf

“…Human energy harvesting is envisioned as a remedy to the weight, the size, and the poor energy density of primary batteries in medical implants. The first…”
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Towards Batteryless Cardiac Implantable Electronic Devices-The Swiss Way by Zurbuchen, Adrian, Haeberlin, Andreas, Pfenniger, Alois, Bereuter, Lukas, Schaerer, Jakob, Jutzi, Frank, Huber, Christoph, Fuhrer, Juerg, Vogel, Rolf

“…Energy harvesting devices are widely discussed as an alternative power source for todays active implantable medical devices. Repeated battery replacement…”
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Future cardiac pacemakers – technical visions by Haeberlin, Andreas, Zurbuchen, Adrian, Pfenniger, Aloïs, Fuhrer, Jürg, Vogel, Rolf

“…Cardiac pacemakers are routinely used for the treatment of bradyarrhythmias. Contemporary pacemakers are reliable and allow for a patient specific programming…”
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A Robot Mimicking Heart Motions: An Ex-Vivo Test Approach for Cardiac Devices by Zurbuchen, Adrian, Pfenniger, Aloïs, Omari, Sammy, Reichlin, Tobias, Vogel, Rolf, Haeberlin, Andreas

“…Purpose The pre-clinical testing of cardiovascular implants gains increasing attention due to the complexity of novel implants and new medical device…”
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Flow disturbances in stent-related coronary evaginations: a computational fluid-dynamic simulation study by Radu, Maria D, Pfenniger, Aloïs, Räber, Lorenz, de Marchi, Stefano F, Obrist, Dominik, Kelbæk, Henning, Windecker, Stephan, Serruys, Patrick W, Vogel, Rolf

“…Angiographic ectasias and aneurysms in stented segments have been associated with late stent thrombosis. Using optical coherence tomography (OCT), some stented…”
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Endocardial Energy Harvesting by Electromagnetic Induction by Zurbuchen, Adrian, Haeberlin, Andreas, Bereuter, Lukas, Pfenniger, Alois, Bosshard, Simon, Kernen, Micha, Philipp Heinisch, Paul, Fuhrer, Juerg, Vogel, Rolf

“…Objective: cardiac pacemakers require regular medical follow-ups to ensure proper functioning. However, device replacements due to battery depletion are common…”
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Design and realization of an energy harvester using pulsating arterial pressure by Pfenniger, Alois, Wickramarathna, Lalith N, Vogel, Rolf, Koch, Volker M

“…Abstract Most medical implants run on batteries, which require costly and tedious replacement or recharging. It is believed that micro-generators utilizing…”
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Performance Analysis of a Miniature Turbine Generator for Intracorporeal Energy Harvesting by Pfenniger, Alois, Vogel, Rolf, Koch, Volker M., Jonsson, Magnus

“…Replacement intervals of implantable medical devices are commonly dictated by battery life. Therefore, intracorporeal energy harvesting has the potential to…”
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Energy harvesting through arterial wall deformation: design considerations for a magneto-hydrodynamic generator by Pfenniger, Alois, Obrist, Dominik, Stahel, Andreas, Koch, Volker M., Vogel, Rolf

“…As the complexity of active medical implants increases, the task of embedding a life-long power supply at the time of implantation becomes more challenging. A…”
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Energy harvesting through arterial wall deformation: A FEM approach to fluid–structure interactions and magneto-hydrodynamics by Pfenniger, Alois, Stahel, Andreas, Koch, Volker M., Obrist, Dominik, Vogel, Rolf

“…Engineers are confronted with the energy demand of active medical implants in patients with increasing life expectancy. Scavenging energy from the patient’s…”
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MINIMALLY INVASIVE INTRAOPERATIVE STIFFNESS MEASUREMENT OF LUMBAR SPINAL MOTION SEGMENTS by KRENN, Michael H, AMBROSETTI-GIUDICI, Sveva, PFENNIGER, Alois, BURGER, Jürgen, PIOTROWSKI, Wolfgang Peter, MAIMAN, Dennis, CRAWFORD, Neil R, TRAYNELIS, Vincent C

“…To test a new tiny-tipped intraoperative diagnostic tool that was designed to provide the surgeon with reliable stiffness data on the motion segment during…”
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Surgical instrumentation for the in vivo determination of human lumbar spinal segment stiffness and viscoelasticity by Ambrosetti-Giudici, Sveva, Pfenniger, Alois, Krenn, Michael H, Piotrowski, Wolfgang P, Ferguson, Stephen J, Burger, Juergen

“…Abstract The definition of spinal instability is still controversial. For this reason, it is essential to better understand the difference in biomechanical…”
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