Deeply Implanted Conformal Antenna for Real-Time Bio-Telemetry Applications

Ladislau Matekovits; Farzad Mir; Gianluca Dassano; Ildiko Peter

doi:10.3390/s24041170

Sensors (Feb 2024)

Deeply Implanted Conformal Antenna for Real-Time Bio-Telemetry Applications

Ladislau Matekovits,
Farzad Mir,
Gianluca Dassano,
Ildiko Peter

Affiliations

Ladislau Matekovits: Department of Electronics and Telecommunications, Politecnico di Torino, 10129 Turin, Italy
Farzad Mir: Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Houston, Huston, TX 77204, USA
Gianluca Dassano: Department of Electronics and Telecommunications, Politecnico di Torino, 10129 Turin, Italy
Ildiko Peter: 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

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/s24041170
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 24, no. 4
p. 1170

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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.

Published in Sensors

ISSN: 1424-8220 (Online)
Publisher: MDPI AG
Country of publisher: Switzerland
LCC subjects: Technology: Chemical technology
Website: http://www.mdpi.com/journal/sensors

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