As industries need more real-time monitoring and interconnected systems, the demand for
wireless sensors expands. Vibrational energy harvesters are a potential solution for …

The development of implanted devices is essential because of their direct effect on the lives
and safety of humanity. This paper presents the current issues and challenges related to all …

Modern healthcare is transforming from hospital-centric to individual-centric systems.
Emerging implantable and wearable medical (IWM) devices are integral parts of enabling …

Bio-implantable devices have been used to perform therapeutic functions such as drug
delivery or diagnostic monitoring of physiological parameters. Proper operation of these …

Ultrasonic driven wireless charging technology has recently attracted much attention in the
next generation bio-implantable systems; however, most developed ultrasonic energy …

Since the end of the last century, energy harvesting technologies have obtained prominent
development as the sustainable power supplies for billions of wireless sensor nodes …

A multiharvesting system conception focused on low-voltage (up to 2.5 V) and low-power
applications is presented and validated as a point-of-view system. Using just this application …

Thermoelectric generators (TEG) convert the thermal energy into electrical energy and are
under investigation as a power supply for medical implants. To improve the performance of …

This paper investigates a wireless power supply for implantable devices with a MEMS-
based ultrasonic transducer. The transducer employs a piezoelectric thick film prepared by …

Ultrasounds (US) has been used in the past decades as a non-invasive imaging modality.
Although employed extensively in clinical applications for soft tissue imaging, the acoustic …