11th May 2021 11:47 am 11th May 2021 12:19 pm A single transmitter located outside the human body can provide programming and power to heart and spinal cord implants, claim engineers in the US. Wireless implants developed at Rice University allow for multiple stimulators, as seen here, to be programmed and magnetically powered from a single transmitter outside the body (Image: Secure and Intelligent Micro-Systems Lab/Rice University) Experiments at Rice University’s Brown School of Engineering in Houston, Texas showed an alternating magnetic field generated and controlled by a battery-powered transmitter outside the body can deliver power and programming to two or more implants to at least 60mm away.