학술논문
Deeply Implanted Conformal Antenna for Real-Time Bio-Telemetry Applications.
Document Type
Academic Journal
Author
Matekovits L; Department of Electronics and Telecommunications, Politecnico di Torino, 10129 Turin, Italy.; Istituto di Elettronica e di Ingegneria dell'Informazione e delle Telecomunicazioni, National Research Council of Italy, 10129 Turin, Italy.; Faculty of Electronics and Telecommunications, Politehnica University Timișoara, 300006 Timișoara, Romania.; Mir F; Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Houston, Huston, TX 77204, USA.; Dassano G; Department of Electronics and Telecommunications, Politecnico di Torino, 10129 Turin, Italy.; Peter I; Department of Industrial Engineering and Management, Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology, George Emil Palade University of Medicine, Pharmacy, Science, and Technology of Tirgu Mureș, 540139 Tirgu Mureș, Romania.
Source
Publisher: MDPI Country of Publication: Switzerland NLM ID: 101204366 Publication Model: Electronic Cited Medium: Internet ISSN: 1424-8220 (Electronic) Linking ISSN: 14248220 NLM ISO Abbreviation: Sensors (Basel) Subsets: MEDLINE
Subject
Language
English
Abstract
The design and experimental verification of a deeply implanted conformal printed antenna is presented. The hip implant acts as the ground plane for a coaxial-cable-fed trapezoidal radiator designed to transmit biological signals collected within the body by proper biosensors. The arrangement, consisting of a metallic (or equivalent) hip implant, bio-compatible gypsum-based dielectric, and conformal radiator, was tested when the hosting 3D-printed plastic bone was immersed in tissue-like liquid contained in a plastic bucket. The dimensions of the set-up are similar to a human leg. Matching and radiation characteristics are presented in the industrial, scientific, and medical (ISM) frequency band (2.4-2.5 GHz), showing the feasibility of the proposed arrangement.