Title :
Embedded Medical Devices: Pressure Volume Loops in Rodents
Author :
Loeffler, K. ; Porterfield, J.E. ; Larson, E.R. ; Escobedo, D. ; Escobar, G.P. ; Feldman, Michael D. ; Valvano, J.W.
Author_Institution :
Univ. of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, USA
Abstract :
Man has been instrumenting the human body with electrical devices since the early 1800s. McWilliam built an electrical stimulator of the heart in 1889. In the 1930s, Hyman built and patented multiple versions of an artificial pacemaker. The first one was operated by a hand crank and spring motor to generate and supply the electricity. Around 1960, battery powered pacemakers arrived on the scene. There are five companies that currently provide pacemakers: Biotronik, Boston Scientific, Medtronic, St. Jude Medical, and Sorin. Hearing aids, glucose monitors, artificial joints and limbs, and biopotentials monitors are additional devices that can be implanted.
Keywords :
artificial limbs; biochemistry; bioelectric potentials; biomedical equipment; cardiology; hearing aids; pacemakers; patient monitoring; artificial joints; artificial limbs; artificial pacemaker; battery powered pacemakers; biopotential monitors; electrical devices; electrical stimulator; embedded medical devices; glucose monitors; hand crank; hearing aids; heart; human body; pressure volume loops; rodents; spring motor; Biomedical equipment; Biomedical monitoring; Medical services;
Journal_Title :
Potentials, IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/MPOT.2012.2212292
