Design of a device for transferring power and data to a cochlear implant

Author

Tayari, Kaoula ; Chaoui, Mondher ; Lahiani, Mongi ; Ghariani, Heni

Author_Institution

Lab. of Electron. & Inf. Technol. (LETI, Sfax Nat. Sch. of Eng. (ENIS), Sfax, Tunisia

fYear

2013

fDate

28-30 April 2013

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

5

Abstract

Among the identified implantable electronic systems, there is a pacemaker, urinary implants, visual implants and auditory cochlear implants. This system is composed of an implant and a control unit. The implant is designed to work efficiently and autonomously for long periods. It is placed under the skin of the user. The main tasks of the implant are the stimulation of nerves or muscles and the detection and measurement of different physiological signals. As for the control unit, it serves, first to transmit all information needed to perform the various tasks to the implant. Second, it is used to retrieve and process data from the implant.

Keywords

bioelectric potentials; biomedical electronics; biomedical measurement; cochlear implants; information retrieval; medical signal detection; medical signal processing; neuromuscular stimulation; skin; auditory cochlear implant; control unit; data processing; data retrieval; data transfer; implantable electronic system; muscle stimulation; nerve stimulation; pacemaker; physiological signal detection; physiological signal measurement; power transfer; skin; urinary implant; visual implant; Cochlear implants; Couplings; Encoding; Servomotors; Switches; Synchronization; VHDL-AMS; class E amplifier; cochlear implant; feedback; servo technology;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Modeling, Simulation and Applied Optimization (ICMSAO), 2013 5th International Conference on

Conference_Location

Hammamet

Print_ISBN

978-1-4673-5812-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICMSAO.2013.6552612

Filename

6552612