scholarly journals RF Channel Modeling for Implant-to-Implant Communication and Implant to Subcutaneous Implant Communication for Future Leadless Cardiac Pacemakers

2018 ◽  
Vol 65 (12) ◽  
pp. 2798-2807 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pritam Bose ◽  
Ali Khaleghi ◽  
Mohammad Albatat ◽  
Jacob Bergsland ◽  
Ilangko Balasingham
Keyword(s):  
Channel Modeling ◽  
Cardiac Pacemakers ◽  
Implant Communication ◽  
Subcutaneous Implant

scholarly journals In-Body and Off-Body Channel Modeling for Future Leadless Cardiac Pacemakers Based on Phantom and Animal Experiments

2018 ◽  
Vol 17 (12) ◽  
pp. 2484-2488 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pritam Bose ◽  
Ali Khaleghi ◽  
Ilangko Balasingham
Keyword(s):  
Animal Experiments ◽  
Channel Modeling ◽  
Cardiac Pacemakers

scholarly journals Experimental Phantom-Based Security Analysis for Next-Generation Leadless Cardiac Pacemakers

Sensors ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 18 (12) ◽  
pp. 4327 ◽  
Author(s):  
Muhammad Awan ◽  
Sofia Perez-Simbor ◽  
Concepcion Garcia-Pardo ◽  
Kimmo Kansanen ◽  
Narcis Cardona
Keyword(s):  
Outage Probability ◽  
Frequency Band ◽  
Physical Layer Security ◽  
Human Heart ◽  
Physical Layer ◽  
Third Party ◽  
Secrecy Capacity ◽  
Secrecy Rate ◽  
Cardiac Pacemakers ◽  
Subcutaneous Implant

With technological advancement, implanted medical devices can treat a wide range of chronic diseases such as cardiac arrhythmia, deafness, diabetes, etc. Cardiac pacemakers are used to maintain normal heart rhythms. The next generation of these pacemakers is expected to be completely wireless, providing new security threats. Thus, it is critical to secure pacemaker transmissions between legitimate nodes from a third party or an eavesdropper. This work estimates the eavesdropping risk and explores the potential of securing transmissions between leadless capsules inside the heart and the subcutaneous implant under the skin against external eavesdroppers by using physical-layer security methods. In this work, we perform phantom experiments to replicate the dielectric properties of the human heart, blood, and fat for channel modeling between in-body-to-in-body devices and from in-body-to-off-body scenario. These scenarios reflect the channel between legitimate nodes and that between a legitimate node and an eavesdropper. In our case, a legitimate node is a leadless cardiac pacemaker implanted in the right ventricle of a human heart transmitting to a legitimate receiver, which is a subcutaneous implant beneath the collar bone under the skin. In addition, a third party outside the body is trying to eavesdrop the communication. The measurements are performed for ultrawide band (UWB) and industrial, scientific, and medical (ISM) frequency bands. By using these channel models, we analyzed the risk of using the concept of outage probability and determine the eavesdropping range in the case of using UWB and ISM frequency bands. Furthermore, the probability of positive secrecy capacity is also determined, along with outage probability of a secrecy rate, which are the fundamental parameters in depicting the physical-layer security methods. Here, we show that path loss follows a log-normal distribution. In addition, for the ISM frequency band, the probability of successful eavesdropping for a data rate of 600 kbps (Electromyogram (EMG)) is about 97.68% at an eavesdropper distance of 1.3 m and approaches 28.13% at an eavesdropper distance of 4.2 m, whereas for UWB frequency band the eavesdropping risk approaches 0.2847% at an eavesdropper distance of 0.22 m. Furthermore, the probability of positive secrecy capacity is about 44.88% at eavesdropper distance of 0.12 m and approaches approximately 97% at an eavesdropper distance of 0.4 m for ISM frequency band, whereas for UWB, the same statistics are 96.84% at 0.12 m and 100% at 0.4 m. Moreover, the outage probability of secrecy capacity is also determined by using a fixed secrecy rate.

Recent Advances in Pacing and Defibrillation

2011 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 74
Author(s):  
Kathy L Lee ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Cardiac Death ◽  
Electronic Devices ◽  
Implantable Defibrillators ◽  
Cardiac Pacemakers ◽  
Cardiac Implantable Electronic Devices ◽  
Treatment And Prevention ◽  
Recent Advances ◽  
Pacing Lead ◽  
Leadless Pacing ◽  
Device Complications

Cardiac pacemakers have been the standard therapy for patients with bradyarrhythmias for several decades. The pacing lead is an integral part of the system, serving as a conduit for the delivery of energy pulses to stimulate the myocardium. However, it is also the Achilles’ heel of pacemakers, being the direct cause of most device complications both acutely during implant and chronically years afterwards. Leadless pacing with ultrasound-mediated energy has been demonstrated in animals and humans to be safe and feasible in acute studies. Implantable defibrillators revolutionised the treatment and prevention of sudden cardiac death. Subcutaneous implantable defibrillators have been under development for more than 10 years. A permanent implantable system has been shown to be feasible in treating induced and spontaneous ventricular tachyarrhythmias. These developments and recent advances in pacing and defibrillation will arouse further interest in the research and development of leadless cardiac implantable electronic devices.

Cardiac pacemakers

1990 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Cardiac Pacemakers

Overview of wireless implantable energy supply and communication technology

2020 ◽  
Vol 14 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shuang Zhang ◽  
Yuping Qin ◽  
Jiang-ming Kuang ◽  
Jining Yang ◽  
Jin Xu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Integrated Circuits ◽  
Energy Supply ◽  
Working Environment ◽  
Normal Operation ◽  
Medical Systems ◽  
Cardiac Pacemakers ◽  
Implantable Medical Devices ◽  
Best Available Technologies ◽  
Sufficient Energy ◽  
External Signals

: With the development of integrated circuits and microelectronics, integrated and miniaturized implantable medical devices are increasingly used in modern medical technologies, e.g., cardiac pacemakers, vasodilators, and cochlear implants. However, the normal operation of these devices is inseparable from the availability of a sufficient energy supply and the bidirectional transmission of internal and external signals. Due to the limitation of the working environment of sensors, there is only a small space for most implanted electronic devices, which is a challenge faced by existing technology. In this paper, current wireless implantable energy supply and communication technologies are reviewed to determine the best available technologies, thereby providing a reference for method selection in designing implantable medical systems.

Current Issues and Trends in Wireless Channel Modeling and Simulation

2009 ◽  
Vol 2 (3) ◽  
pp. 166-177
Author(s):  
Konstantinos Baltzis
Keyword(s):  
Modeling And Simulation ◽  
Channel Modeling ◽  
Wireless Channel ◽  
Wireless Channel Modeling

Brief review on PE method application to propagation channel modeling in sea environment

2012 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Irina Sirkova
Keyword(s):  
Wave Propagation ◽  
Fourier Transform ◽  
Parabolic Equation ◽  
Initial Conditions ◽  
Channel Modeling ◽  
Radio Propagation ◽  
Propagation Channel ◽  
Tropospheric Propagation ◽  
Propagation Modeling ◽  
Wave Propagation Modeling

AbstractThis work provides an introduction to one of the most widely used advanced methods for wave propagation modeling, the Parabolic Equation (PE) method, with emphasis on its application to tropospheric radio propagation in coastal and maritime regions. The assumptions of the derivation, the advantages and drawbacks of the PE, the numerical methods for solving it, and the boundary and initial conditions for its application to the tropospheric propagation problem are briefly discussed. More details are given for the split-step Fourier-transform (SSF) solution of the PE. The environmental input to the PE, the methods for tropospheric refractivity profiling, their accuracy, limitations, and the average refractivity modeling are also summarized. The reported results illustrate the application of finite element (FE) based and SSF-based solutions of the PE for one of the most difficult to treat propagation mechanisms, yet of great significance for the performance of radars and communications links working in coastal and maritime zones — the tropospheric ducting mechanism. Recent achievements, some unresolved issues and ongoing developments related to further improvements of the PE method application to the propagation channel modeling in sea environment are highlighted.

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