Electromagnetic energy harvesting using magnetic levitation architectures: A review

P Carneiro, MPS dos Santos, A Rodrigues… - Applied Energy, 2020 - Elsevier
Motion-driven electromagnetic energy harvesters have the ability to provide low-cost and
customizable electric powering. They are a well-suited technological solution to …

Bioelectronic multifunctional bone implants: recent trends

MP Soares dos Santos, RMC Bernardo - Bioelectronic medicine, 2022 - Springer
Abstract The concept of Instrumented Smart Implant emerged as a leading research topic
that aims to revolutionize the field of orthopaedic implantology. These implants have been …

Magnetic levitation-based electromagnetic energy harvesting: a semi-analytical non-linear model for energy transduction

MP Soares dos Santos, JAF Ferreira, JAO Simões… - Scientific reports, 2016 - nature.com
Magnetic levitation has been used to implement low-cost and maintenance-free
electromagnetic energy harvesting. The ability of levitation-based harvesting systems to …

Capacitive interdigitated system of high osteoinductive/conductive performance for personalized acting-sensing implants

BM de Sousa, CR Correia, JAF Ferreira… - NPJ Regenerative …, 2021 - nature.com
Replacement orthopedic surgeries are among the most common surgeries worldwide, but
clinically used passive implants cannot prevent failure rates and inherent revision …

The application of impantable sensors in the musculoskeletal system: a review

J Wang, J Chu, J Song, Z Li - Frontiers in Bioengineering and …, 2024 - frontiersin.org
As the population ages and the incidence of traumatic events rises, there is a growing trend
toward the implantation of devices to replace damaged or degenerated tissues in the body …

Towards an effective sensing technology to monitor micro-scale interface loosening of bioelectronic implants

MP Soares dos Santos, R Bernardo, L Henriques… - Scientific Reports, 2021 - nature.com
Instrumented implants are being developed with a radically innovative design to significantly
reduce revision surgeries. Although bone replacements are among the most prevalent …

Capacitive technologies for highly controlled and personalized electrical stimulation by implantable biomedical systems

MP Soares dos Santos, J Coutinho, A Marote… - Scientific Reports, 2019 - nature.com
Cosurface electrode architectures are able to deliver personalized electric stimuli to target
tissues. As such, this technology holds potential for a variety of innovative biomedical …

Multifunctional smart bone implants: fiction or future?—a new perspective

I Peres, P Rolo, MP Soares dos Santos - Frontiers in Bioengineering …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Implantable medical devices have been developed to provide multifunctional ability to
numerous bioapplications. In the scope of orthopaedics, four methodologies were already …

[HTML][HTML] Altering the course of fracture healing monitoring

C Conceição, A Completo, MPS dos Santos - Biomedical Engineering …, 2023 - Elsevier
Effective detection of delayed union and non-union related to bone fracture healing can
reduce the individual and social burdens associated with fracture management. Despite …

New cosurface capacitive stimulators for the development of active osseointegrative implantable devices

MP Soares dos Santos, A Marote, T Santos, J Torrão… - Scientific reports, 2016 - nature.com
Non-drug strategies based on biophysical stimulation have been emphasized for the
treatment and prevention of musculoskeletal conditions. However, to date, an effective …