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It raises a futuristic question: what if there was a way to avoid cutting a patient's body open to replace a battery?
The idea is that the element oxygen, present inside our bodies, can act as a cathode, a battery electrode that facilitates the flow of electricity, and can be "obtained continuously through metabolism," the researchers write. The next step involved the researchers putting the device, called a sodium-oxygen battery, inside rats just under their skin. They tracked how much electricity these batteries produced and found that they generated outputs of between 1.3 and 1.4 volts.The energy output wasn't enough to power advanced implantable medical devices, they said, but it's a promising proof of concept that shows oxygen inside the body can help power up a biologically safe battery.
The next step for the researchers is to make another iteration of the battery that would be even more powerful, yet still safe for the inside of a body.
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