Stretchable Wireless Power Systems

Critical care patients including trauma patients and post-operative patients are exposed to significant risk during aeromedical evacuation and transport. Physically wired patient monitoring items via rotary-wing aircraft, differing electrical power requirements, and non-availability of adequate power supply can impede device availability and severely risk en-route care. The proposed solution identifies a resonance-based wireless power transmission that is able to continuously power medical devices and recharge over a distance through materials such as plastic, fabric, and even human tissue. The proposed solution will help mitigate the incidence and causes of potentially preventable deaths among US combat fatalities.