Dual band antenna for subcutaneous telemetry applications

Author

Merli, F. ; Bolomey, L. ; Meurville, E. ; Skrivervik, A.K.

Author_Institution

Lab. of Electromagn. & Acoust., Ecole Polytech. Fed. de Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland

fYear

2010

fDate

11-17 July 2010

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

4

Abstract

The use of telemetry with implantable medical devices improves the quality of the health-care system facilitating home therapy. For this purpose, small biocompatible antennas are necessary to establish reliable communication systems. In this work we present a dual band antenna conceived to operate in vivo in a subcutaneous environment. The selected working frequencies are: the Medical Device Radiocommunication Service band (MedRadio, 401-406 MHz) and the Industrial, Scientific and Medical band (ISM, 2.4-2.5 GHz). This radiator matches the requirements of a MedRadio transceiver produced by Zarlink Semiconductors. The antenna together with its electronics and power supply forms a versatile implantable telecommunication system that can be integrated with the desired medical device.

Keywords

UHF antennas; biomedical telemetry; multifrequency antennas; muscle; prosthetics; radiocommunication; transceivers; MedRadio transceiver; Zarlink Semiconductors; dual band antenna; frequency 2.4 GHz to 2.5 GHz; frequency 401 MHz to 406 MHz; health-care system; home therapy; implantable medical devices; in vivo operation; industrial, scientific and medical band; medical device radiocommunication service band; small biocompatible antennas; subcutaneous telemetry; Antenna measurements; Antennas; Dielectrics; Dual band; Frequency measurement; Power supplies; Telemetry;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium (APSURSI), 2010 IEEE

Conference_Location

Toronto, ON

ISSN

1522-3965

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-4967-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/APS.2010.5562054

Filename

5562054