Parts of a prototype pacemaker that uses no battery are line up with an assembled model on the right.Michael Vosburg / Forum News Service
Fargo, North Dakota – An eclectic team of medical personnel, animal experts, and electrical engineering professors and graduate students recently gathered on the North Dakota State University campus to test a prototype for a cardiac pacemaker that works without wires or batteries.
The group was able to "pace" a sheep's heart by transmitting radio frequency energy – much like what comes from your cellphone – from an antenna into a tiny microprocessor in the sheep, without contact with the animal.
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