ArticleNature biomedical engineering2026
Distributed battery-free bioelectronic implants with improved network power transfer efficiency via magnetoelectrics.
Article in Nature biomedical engineering, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.
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- Magnetoelectric BaTiOAdvanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2026Article
- Materials-Structure-Hardware-Algorithm Co-Driven Hierarchical Optimization for Flexible Sensors.Nano-micro letters · 2026Review
- Bio-integrated μBots with overtone ultrawideband magnetoelectric antennas for wireless telemetry.Science advances · 2026Article
- An injectable, leadless bioelectronic interface for battery-free wireless peripheral neuromodulation.Science advances · 2026Article
- Distributed battery-free bioelectronic implants with improved network power transfer efficiency via magnetoelectrics.Nature biomedical engineering · 2026Article
- Neural Regulation of Cardiac Arrhythmias: From the Brain-Heart Axis to Emerging Precision Therapies.Research (Washington, D.C.) · 2026Review
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Abstract
Networks of miniature implants could enable simultaneous sensing and stimulation at different locations in the body, such as the heart and central or peripheral nervous system. This capability would support precise disease tracking and treatment or enable prosthetic technologies with many degrees of freedom. However, wireless power and data transfer are often inefficient through biological tissues, particularly as the number of implanted devices increases. Here we show that magnetoelectric wireless data and power transfer supports a network of millimetre-sized bioelectronic implants in which system efficiency improves with additional devices. We demonstrate wireless, battery-free networks ranging from one to six implants, where the total system efficiency increases from 0.2% to 1.3%, with each node receiving 2.2 mW at 1 cm distance. We show proof-of-concept networks of miniature spinal cord stimulators and cardiac pacing devices in large animals via efficient and robust wireless power transfer. These magnetoelectric implants provide a scalable network architecture of bioelectronic implants for next-generation electronic medicine.
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