Implantable antennas for bio-medical applications

Malik, N. A., Sant, P., Ajmal, T. and Ur Rehman, M. (2021) Implantable antennas for bio-medical applications. IEEE Journal of Electromagnetics, RF, and Microwaves in Medicine and Biology, 5(1), pp. 84-96. (doi: 10.1109/JERM.2020.3026588)

Abstract

Biomedical telemetry has gained a lot of attention with the development in the healthcare industry. This technology has made it feasible to monitor the physiological signs of patient remotely without traditional hospital appointments and follow up routine check-ups. Implantable Medical Devices(IMDs) play an important role to monitor the patients through wireless telemetry. IMDs consist of nodes and implantable sensors in which antenna is a major component. The implantable sensors suffer a lot of limitations. Various factors need to be considered for the implantable sensors such as miniaturization, patient safety, bio-compatibility, low power consumption, lower frequency band of operation and dual-band operation to have a robust and continuous operation. The selection of the antenna is a challenging task in implantable sensor design as it dictates performance of the whole implant. In this paper a critical review on implantable antennas for biomedical applications is presented.

• Item Type: Articles
• Status: Published
• Refereed: Yes
• Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID: Ur Rehman, Dr Masood
• Authors: Malik, N. A., Sant, P., Ajmal, T., and Ur Rehman, M.
• College/School: College of Science and Engineering > School of Engineering > Systems Power and Energy
• Journal Name: IEEE Journal of Electromagnetics, RF, and Microwaves in Medicine and Biology
• Publisher: IEEE
• ISSN: 2469-7249
• ISSN (Online): 2469-7257
• Published Online: 08 October 2020
• Copyright Holders: Copyright © 2020 IEEE
• First Published: First published in IEEE Journal of Electromagnetics, RF, and Microwaves in Medicine and Biology 5(1): 84-96
• Publisher Policy: Reproduced in accordance with the copyright policy of the publisher