Powering Implants with Radio Waves

Jun-10-18 The In Vivo Networking system uses radio waves to wirelessly power medical implants.

Developed by a team at MIT, the IVN system relies on radio waves emitted at different frequencies, each reaching their highs at the same time. According to senior author Fadel Abib, this allows the system to “…overcome the energy threshold needed to power the device,” delivering power to the implant from up to three feet away and to a depth of almost four inches.

The current IVN prototype is about the size of a grain of rice, though the team believes it could be made small enough to power brain implants.

Image credit: MIT

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