Wireless Charging and Energy Harvesting to Revolutionize Medical Implants

Semiconductor chip technology has miniaturized by leaps and bounds over the past couple of decades, enabling the modern era we live in with smartphones, tablets, and small electronic gadgets everywhere. However, battery technology, which provides the lifeblood to power these devices, has been at a near standstill since the commercial availability of lithium-ion batteries in the early 1990s. In no other application is this discrepancy more profound than in medical implants.