American researchers have created a wireless pacemaker size of a rice grain. Product length of only 3 millimeters implanted in rabbit. Also charged by air new cochlear implants .
According to the British news service BBC, the researchers were able to sew a metal plate in his chest and rabbit using it to monitor the heartbeat of the animal. The researchers note that as soon as these devices can be implanted person, the market will be compact and safe pacemakers. The findings are published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
Scientists from Stanford University hope that their development will also eliminate the use of bulky and inconvenient battery charging systems, which have to deal with today.
His most important achievement of the researchers call using the new wireless transmitter energy to provide power the pacemaker. Electromagnetic waves safely penetrate the body, charging the device.
"We need to minimize the size of the device, so it can be easily implanted into the body, - explained study co-author, Dr. Ada Poon of the electrical department at Stanford University.
Thus, the researchers were able to create a device that generates electromagnetic waves near and far fields are safe for body. The new method allows you to safely charge the tiny implants in the body, such as the heart and brain at greater distances than other systems.
Previously, other scientists have found a way to make the heart beat indefinitely .