Networked wireless microsystem for remote gastrointestinal monitoring

Author

Lei Wang ; Johannessen, E.A. ; Li Cui ; Ramsay, C. ; Tong Boon Tang ; Ahmadian, M. ; Astaras, A. ; Dickman, P.W. ; Cooper, J.M. ; Murray, A.F. ; Flynn, B.W. ; Beaumont, S.P. ; Cumming, D.R.S.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electron. & Electr. Eng., Glasgow Univ., UK

Volume

2

fYear

2003

Firstpage

1184

Abstract

The introduction of microsystem and Laboratory-in-a-Pill technologies into medical diagnostics has been a growing field over several decades, where low form factor can significantly improve device access and patient comfort. Similarly, remote medicine and monitoring networks have become more important and popular. In this paper, we present our results on research towards a wireless microsystem network that can deliver analytical data from microsystems distributed in one or more patients´ gastrointestinal tracts to a remote monitoring network. We believe that the combination of microsystem and network technologies will greatly benefit future medical research.

Keywords

biological organs; biomedical communication; biomedical imaging; patient monitoring; radio data systems; Pill technology; medical diagnostics; networked wireless microsystem; patient comfort; remote gastrointestinal monitoring; Application specific integrated circuits; Biomedical monitoring; Energy consumption; Frequency shift keying; Gastrointestinal tract; Laboratories; Network servers; Prototypes; Radio transmitters; Remote monitoring;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

TRANSDUCERS, Solid-State Sensors, Actuators and Microsystems, 12th International Conference on, 2003

Conference_Location

Boston, MA, USA

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7731-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/SENSOR.2003.1216983

Filename

1216983