Title :
A portable microsystem-based telemetric pressure and temperature measurement unit
Author :
Flick, Bernd B. ; Orglmeister, Reinhold
Author_Institution :
SICAN GmbH, Hannover, Germany
Abstract :
This article shows how a fully implantable stand-by device for measuring intracorporal pressure and temperature under normal conditions can be implemented, consisting of a sensor element combined with a transcutaneous telemetric interface. One further point of interest is automatic event recognition in order to capture special signal components in an emergency situation. Therefore, signal processing and waveform analysis are exigent, first to observe the measured signal in realtime on a portable unit, and second to process the data offline on a stationary unit.
Keywords :
biomedical telemetry; biothermics; computerised monitoring; medical signal processing; microsensors; patient monitoring; pressure measurement; pressure sensors; temperature measurement; temperature sensors; automatic event recognition; biocompatible packaging; data sampling controller; emergency situation; fully implantable stand-by device; intracorporal pressure measurement; intracorporal temperature measurement; microsensors; portable microsystem-based telemetric device; signal processing; telemetric-transcutaneous signal transmission; transcutaneous telemetric interface; waveform analysis; Computer industry; Electronics industry; Microsensors; Packaging; Pressure measurement; Sensor systems; Signal processing; Telemetry; Temperature measurement; Temperature sensors; Biocompatible Materials; Data Display; Equipment Design; Pattern Recognition, Automated; Pressure; Prostheses and Implants; Signal Processing, Computer-Assisted; Telemetry; Thermometers; Transducers;
Journal_Title :
Biomedical Engineering, IEEE Transactions on
