Active implantable medical device EMI assessments for electromagnetic emitters operating in various RF bands

Author

Hikage, Takashi ; Kawamura, Yoshifumi ; Nojima, Toshio ; Koike, B. ; Fujimoto, Hiroshi ; Toyoshima, Takeshi

Author_Institution

Grad. Sch. of Inf. Sci. & Technol., Hokkaido Univ., Sapporo, Japan

fYear

2011

Firstpage

109

Lastpage

112

Abstract

This paper describes the electromagnetic interference (EMI) characteristics of active implantable medical devices based on assessments of Radio Frequency Identification interrogators. Typical examples of interrogators operating in various RF bands are tested to estimate the EMI experienced by implantable-cardiac pacemakers and -cardioverter-defibrillators. The EMI occurrence mechanism and some experimental EMI evaluation results for typical devices are shown. Observed characteristics of the EMI are discussed based upon the transmission radio wave specifications. This discussion can give a good perspective on the same EMI issue raised by wireless power transmission systems.

Keywords

defibrillators; electrocardiography; electromagnetic interference; microwave power transmission; pacemakers; EMI assessments; RF bands; active implantable medical device; cardioverter defibrillators; electromagnetic emitters; electromagnetic interference; implantable cardiac pacemakers; radio frequency identification interrogators; transmission radio wave specifications; wireless power transmission systems; Electromagnetic interference; ISO standards; Pacemakers; Phantoms; Radiofrequency identification; Torso; Wireless communication; active implantable medical device; electromagnetic interference; human torso phantom; maximum interference distance; radio-frequency identification;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Microwave Workshop Series on Innovative Wireless Power Transmission: Technologies, Systems, and Applications (IMWS), 2011 IEEE MTT-S International

Conference_Location

Uji, Kyoto

ISSN

2157-362X

Print_ISBN

978-1-61284-214-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IMWS.2011.5877102

Filename

5877102