I’m actually a bit surprised that device manufacturers haven’t devised a through-the-skin, inductive charger to eliminate the surgery required for battery replacement.
Probably the small but not zero risk of leakage and fire.
Rechargeable lithium batteries have a propensity to explode under the right circumstances..............
“I’m actually a bit surprised that device manufacturers haven’t devised a through-the-skin, inductive charger to eliminate the surgery required for battery replacement.”
It is odd. Well maybe not so odd... They don’t actually replace the batteries, they replace the whole unit when the battery goes. As I said, it was eighty thousand for the pair of them including the surgery to install them.
These are not heart pacemakers. They are for deep brain stimulation for Parkinson’s disease.