A Wideband Implantable Antenna for Continuous Health Monitoring in the MedRadio and ISM Bands

Author

Ung, J. ; Karacolak, Tutku

Author_Institution

Sch. of Eng. & Comput. Sci., Washington State Univ. Vancouver, Vancouver, WA, USA

Volume

11

fYear

2012

fDate

7/4/1905 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

1642

Lastpage

1645

Abstract

The main objective of this letter is to present a small-size, dual-wideband implantable antenna operating in the Medical Device Radiocommunications Service (MedRadio) (401-406 MHz) and Industrial, Scientific, and Medical (ISM) (2.4-2.48 GHz) bands. The proposed antenna has a 71.6% reduction in size with respect to the previous similar dual-band implantable antenna. The measured -10-dB bandwidths are 56% (278 MHz) for the MedRadio and 33% (870 MHz) for the ISM bands, respectively. The antenna is in vitro tested in a tissue-mimicking gel approximating the electrical properties of human skin tissue. Results are compared to simulations.

Keywords

UHF antennas; biomedical communication; broadband antennas; prosthetics; radiocommunication; skin; ISM band; Industrial Scientific and Medical band; MedRadio band; Medical Device Radiocommunications Service band; bandwidth 278 MHz; bandwidth 870 MHz; continuous health monitoring; dual-band implantable antenna; dual-wideband implantable antenna; frequency 2.4 GHz to 2.48 GHz; frequency 401 MHz to 406 MHz; human skin tissue electrical properties; tissue-mimicking gel; Antenna measurements; Bandwidth; Biomedical monitoring; Dielectrics; Implantable biomedical devices; Loss measurement; Skin; Implantable antenna; Industrial, Scientific, and Medical (ISM) band; Medical Device Radiocommunications Service (MedRadio) band;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1536-1225

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/LAWP.2013.2238498

Filename

6407703