• Vex_Detrause@lemmy.ca
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    7 months ago

    Doesn’t a pacemaker last like 10 years now? It would still need battery I guess even though it charges by blood oxygen. Imagine having carbon monoxide poisoning but what killed the patient was the pacemaker that died.

    • anton@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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      7 months ago

      Doesn’t a pacemaker last like 10 years now?

      Yes, but a nuclear pacemaker can last a lifetime.
      A bio-battery has that same advantage without containing a radioactive sample that needs to be removed when you die.