Estimation of Heat Emission on Artificial Heart Muscle Using Thermoelectric Actuator

Abstract

A novel concept for a thermoelectric actuator comprised of shape memory alloy (SMA) and Peltier elements has been proposed. The SMA is heated and coled effectively by Peltier elements allowing quick movement to be achieved. The thermoelectric actuator has potential applications to an implanted artificial heart muscle. Moving performance of artificial heart muscle is numerically calculated with considering about heat damage to human tissue in case that utilized in human body as practical usage.