Ultrasound-induced wireless energy harvesting: From materials strategies to functional applications

L Jiang, Y Yang, Y Chen, Q Zhou - Nano Energy, 2020 - Elsevier
Wireless energy harvesting represents an emerging technology that can be integrated into a
variety of systems for biomedical, physical, and chemical functions. The miniaturization and …

A mm-sized wireless implantable device for electrical stimulation of peripheral nerves

J Charthad, TC Chang, Z Liu, A Sawaby… - IEEE transactions on …, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
A wireless electrical stimulation implant for peripheral nerves, achieving> 10× improvement
over state of the art in the depth/volume figure of merit, is presented. The fully integrated …

Acoustoelectric materials & devices in biomedicine

X Zhang, Y Zhang, J Zhang, J Shang, L Lin… - Chemical Engineering …, 2024 - Elsevier
This paper provides a comprehensive review on the acoustoelectric materials and devices
in biomedicine. Prominent development has been achieved in minimally invasive medicine …

A mm-sized implantable medical device (IMD) with ultrasonic power transfer and a hybrid bi-directional data link

J Charthad, MJ Weber, TC Chang… - IEEE Journal of solid …, 2015 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
A first proof-of-concept mm-sized implantable device using ultrasonic power transfer and a
hybrid bi-directional data communication link is presented. Ultrasonic power transfer …

A miniaturized single-transducer implantable pressure sensor with time-multiplexed ultrasonic data and power links

MJ Weber, Y Yoshihara, A Sawaby… - IEEE Journal of Solid …, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
A high-precision implantable pressure sensor with ultrasonic power-up and data uplink is
presented. The fully packaged implant measures 1.7× 2.3× 7.8 mm 3 and includes a custom …

Ultrasound‐induced wireless energy harvesting for potential retinal electrical stimulation application

L Jiang, Y Yang, R Chen, G Lu, R Li… - Advanced Functional …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Retinal electrical stimulation for people with neurodegenerative diseases has shown to be
feasible for direct excitation of neurons as a means of restoring vision. In this work, a new …

End-to-end design of efficient ultrasonic power links for scaling towards submillimeter implantable receivers

TC Chang, MJ Weber, J Charthad… - IEEE transactions on …, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We present an analytical framework for optimizing the efficiency of ultrasonic wireless power
links for implantable devices scaled down to sub-mm dimensions. Key design insights and …

MRI-guided HIFU methods for the ablation of liver and renal cancers

BD de Senneville, C Moonen, M Ries - Therapeutic ultrasound, 2016 - Springer
Abstract MRI-guided High Intensity Focused Ultrasound (MRI-HIFU) is a promising method
for the non-invasive ablation of pathological tissue in many organs, including mobile organs …

Design of tunable ultrasonic receivers for efficient powering of implantable medical devices with reconfigurable power loads

TC Chang, MJ Weber, ML Wang… - IEEE transactions on …, 2016 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Miniaturized ultrasonic receivers are designed for efficient powering of implantable medical
devices with reconfigurable power loads. Design parameters that affect the efficiency of …

A fast full-wave solver for calculating ultrasound propagation in the body

SR Haqshenas, P Gélat, E van't Wout, T Betcke… - Ultrasonics, 2021 - Elsevier
Therapeutic ultrasound is a promising non-invasive method for inducing various beneficial
biological effects in the human body. In cancer treatment applications, high-power …