Title :
Implantable wireless devices for the monitoring of intracranial pressure
Author :
Meng, Xu ; Kawoos, Usmah ; Huang, Shi-Min ; Tofighi, Mohammad-Reza ; Rosen, Arye
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Biomed. Eng., Drexel Univ., Philadelphia, PA, USA
Abstract :
The use of intracranial pressure (ICP) monitoring is supported and recommended in the neurosurgical and neurological assessment. Acute and long-term ICP measurement is desirable for providing an insight into the mechanism of the head injury and aiding post neurological disorders treatment. Two different embedded wireless microwave devices for monitoring of ICP have been designed and investigated for research and clinical diagnoses. This paper presents a comparative study of these devices, and describes their main features and measurement procedures.
Keywords :
biomedical equipment; biomedical measurement; brain; embedded systems; injuries; medical disorders; microwave devices; neurophysiology; patient monitoring; pressure measurement; prosthetics; surgery; acute intracranial pressure measurement; clinical diagnosis; embedded wireless microwave devices; head injury; implantable wireless devices; intracranial pressure monitoring; long-term intracranial pressure measurement; neurological assessment; neurological disorders treatment; neurosurgical assessment; research diagnosis; Batteries; Head; Implants; Iterative closest point algorithm; Monitoring; Wireless communication; Wireless sensor networks;
Conference_Titel :
Consumer Electronics (ISCE), 2012 IEEE 16th International Symposium on
Conference_Location :
Harrisburg, PA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-1354-4
DOI :
10.1109/ISCE.2012.6241727
