scholarly journals Review of Medical Implant Communication System (MICS) band and network

ICT Express ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 2 (4) ◽  
pp. 188-194 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mohd Noor Islam ◽  
Mehmet R. Yuce
2015 ◽  
Vol 781 ◽  
pp. 595-598 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pichitpong Soontornpipit

Implantable device cardiac observation (ICDO) such as pacemaker requires communication with medical devices outside the body in order to monitor or control the parameters of the organ it is supporting. Three types of implantable antennas have been investigated to determine their performances on two patient conditions: normal and hyperglycemia. Folded dipole, serpentine microstrip, and waffle-type Planar Inverted-F (PIFA) antennas are operated in the 402-405 MHz, which is medical implant communication services (MICS) band. Detailed analysis of the design issues of the antennas and comparative results of simulations and measurements are presented.


2016 ◽  
Vol 26 (02) ◽  
pp. 1750027 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chia-Hung Chang ◽  
Cihun-Siyong Alex Gong ◽  
Jian-Chiun Liou ◽  
Yu-Lin Tsou ◽  
Feng-Lin Shiu ◽  
...  

This paper showcases a low-power demodulator for medical implant communication services (MICS) applications. Complementary shunt resistive feedback, current reuse configuration, and sub-threshold LO driving techniques are proposed to achieve ultra-low power consumption. The chip has been implemented in standard CMOS process and consumes only 260-[Formula: see text]W.


2010 ◽  
Vol 2010 ◽  
pp. 1-10 ◽  
Author(s):  
Barnabás Hegyi ◽  
János Levendovszky

Battery-operated medical implants—such as pacemakers or cardioverter-defibrillators—have already been widely used in practical telemedicine and telecare applications. However, no solution has yet been found to mitigate the effect of the fading that the in-body to off-body communication channel is subject to. In this paper, we reveal and assess the potential of cooperative diversity to combat fading—hence to improve system performance—in medical implant communication systems. In the particular cooperative communication scenario we consider, multiple cooperating receiver units are installed across the room accommodating the patient with a medical implant inside his/her body. Our investigations have shown that the application of cooperative diversity is a promising approach to enhance the performance of medical implant communication systems in various aspects such as implant lifetime and communication link reliability.


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