Title :
A flexible loop antenna for biomedical bone implants
Author :
Alrawashdeh, Rula ; Yi Huang ; Abu Bakar Sajak, Aznida
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng. & Electron., Univ. of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK
Abstract :
In this paper a flexible loop antenna is proposed for biomedical bone implants in the Medical Device Radiocommunications Service (401-406 MHz) and the Industrial Scientific and Medical (433-434.8 MHz) bands which is probably the first bone implantable antenna that covers these bands. This antenna has shown a robust performance against up to 50 % of the variations of the body dielectric properties. The main design considerations for bone implantable antennas in comparison with the corresponding considerations for muscle implantable antennas are also addressed in this paper.
Keywords :
bioelectric phenomena; biomedical telemetry; bone; dielectric properties; loop antennas; muscle; prosthetics; radiocommunication; biomedical bone implants; body dielectric property variations; flexible loop antenna; frequency 401 MHz to 406 MHz; frequency 433 MHz to 434.8 MHz; medical device radiocommunications service; muscle implantable antennas; Antennas; Bones; Dielectrics; Implants; Muscles; Skin; Biomedical telemetry; Industrial Sceientific and Medical (ISM) antenna; Medical Device Radiocommunications Service (MedRadio) antenna; bone implants; flexible antenna;
Conference_Titel :
Antennas and Propagation (EuCAP), 2014 8th European Conference on
Conference_Location :
The Hague
DOI :
10.1109/EuCAP.2014.6901898
