Abstract
Designers of Active Implanted Medical Devices are aiming to meet the needs for more functionality in smaller volumes in areas such as heart rhythm management, smart sensors, and smart orthopedics. In neurostimulation applications, miniaturized devices placed nearer the targeted organs have shown to be more efficient, whilst the implantation of a smaller size device in a short procedure is less risky and costly. In all areas of neurostimulation, from Vagus Nerve and DRG to Spinal Cord and Deep Brain, a trend towards miniaturization is being enabled through the use of increasingly-efficient ultra-low power microelectronics, but the size of the device is still mainly dominated by that of the battery. This paper describes developments in the area of solid-state batteries, a novel type of miniature energy storage component intended to power these devices autonomously or wirelessly.
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