Transmission Power Requirements for Novel ZigBee Implants in the Gastrointestinal Tract

Author

Valdastri, Pietro ; Menciassi, Arianna ; Dario, Paolo

Author_Institution

Center for Res. in Microengineering (CRIM) Lab., Pisa

Volume

55

Issue

6

fYear

2008

fDate

6/1/2008 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

1705

Lastpage

1710

Abstract

In this paper, a novel multinode wireless monitoring platform, based on ZigBee communication standard, is presented and tested in vivo. The transmission power levels needed to establish a reliable connection from the different gastrointestinal districts are reported and compared with safety levels from international guidelines. These findings can be useful to evaluate the effectiveness of a commercial and standardized approach to implantable and miniaturized monitoring of physiological parameters.

Keywords

prosthetic power supplies; prosthetics; ZigBee communication standard; ZigBee implants; gastrointestinal tract; multinode wireless monitoring platform; physiological parameters; transmission power requirements; Biomedical monitoring; Communication standards; Condition monitoring; Gastrointestinal tract; Guidelines; Implants; In vivo; Safety; Testing; ZigBee; Biotelemetry; ZigBee; biotelemetry; gastrointestinal (GI) tract; gastrointestinal tract; implan-table devices; implantable devices; wireless monitoring;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Biomedical Engineering, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9294

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/TBME.2008.919117

Filename

4457877