Battery‐free and wireless technologies for cardiovascular implantable medical devices

J Zhang, R Das, J Zhao, N Mirzai… - Advanced Materials …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Cardiovascular disease continues to be one of the dominant causes of global mortality. One
effective treatment is to utilize cardiovascular implantable devices (cIMDs) with multi …

Textile-based large area RF-power harvesting system for wearable applications

D Vital, S Bhardwaj, JL Volakis - IEEE Transactions on …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this article, we demonstrate flexible and lightweight textile-integrated rectenna arrays for
powering wearable electronic devices. We propose a method to exploit large clothingareas …

Fully untethered battery-free biomonitoring electronic tattoo with wireless energy harvesting

J Alberto, C Leal, C Fernandes, PA Lopes, H Paisana… - Scientific reports, 2020 - nature.com
Bioelectronics stickers that interface the human epidermis and collect electrophysiological
data will constitute important tools in the future of healthcare. Rapid progress is enabled by …

Survey and taxonomy of transmissions power control mechanisms for wireless body area networks

D Fernandes, AG Ferreira… - … Surveys & Tutorials, 2017 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Wireless body area networks (WBANs) comprise several sensor nodes equipped with a
short range radio-frequency transceiver, implanted and/or attached to the human body. Their …

Propagation, power absorption, and temperature analysis of UWB wireless capsule endoscopy devices operating in the human body

KMS Thotahewa, JM Redoutè… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2015 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
With the increasing use of wireless capsule endoscopy (WCE) devices in healthcare, it is of
utmost importance to analyze the electromagnetic power absorption and thermal effects …

A robust near-field body area network based on coaxially-shielded textile metamaterial

X Zhu, K Wu, X Xie, SW Anderson, X Zhang - Nature Communications, 2024 - nature.com
A body area network involving wearable sensors distributed around the human body can
continuously monitor physiological signals, finding applications in personal healthcare and …

Feasibility of bone fracture detection using microwave imaging

KC Santos, CA Fernandes… - IEEE Open Journal of …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper studies the feasibility of Microwave Imaging (MWI) for detection of fractures in
superficial bones like the tibia, using a simple and practical setup. First-responders could …

A compact parylene-coated WLAN flexible antenna for implantable electronics

YH Jung, Y Qiu, S Lee, TY Shih, Y Xu… - IEEE Antennas and …, 2015 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This letter presents a compact planar flexible antenna designed for wireless local area
network (WLAN) using simple microfabrication techniques that are compatible with existing …

A pseudo OFDM with miniaturized FSK demodulation body-coupled communication transceiver for binaural hearing aids in 65 nm CMOS

W Saadeh, MAB Altaf, H Alsuradi… - IEEE Journal of Solid …, 2017 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
A power-efficient body-coupled communication pseudo orthogonal frequency-division
multiplexing (P-OFDM) transceiver (TRX) is presented for binaural hearing aids (BHAs) …

Implantable wireless transmission rectenna system for biomedical wireless applications

S Ding, S Koulouridis, L Pichon - IEEE Access, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We introduce a novel RF to DC wireless power transmission implantable rectenna system at
Industrial, Scientific and Medical bands (ISM 902.8-928 MHz). An embedded circular …