A dual band antenna design for implantable medical devices

Author

Alptekin, Damla ; Gencer, Nevzat Guneri ; Kucukdeveci, Fikret

Author_Institution

Elektrik-Elektron. Muhendisligi, Orta Dogu Teknik Univ., Ankara, Turkey

fYear

2014

fDate

16-17 Oct. 2014

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

3

Abstract

In this study, design and the numerical analysis of a dual band (MICS (Medical Implant Communications Service; 402-405MHz) and ISM (Industrial, Scientific and Medical; 2.4-2.48GHz)) implantable antenna which is planned to be inserted in the header of the medical device is presented. The proposed medical implantable antenna (MIA) is in the type of planar inverted F Antenna (PIFA). For miniaturization, the metallic patch of the antenna is meandered and a shorting-pin is used between the patch and ground plane. Numerical analysis of the implant antenna is carried out using HFSS (High Frequency Structure Simulator) software. It is showed that return losses in the MICS and ISM band is lower than -10 dB and the gain of the antenna is consistent with the gain characteristics of the microstrip antennas.

Keywords

biomedical equipment; microstrip antennas; multifrequency antennas; numerical analysis; planar inverted-F antennas; prosthetics; HFSS; ISM band; MICS band; dual band implantable antenna design; gain characteristics; high frequency structure simulator software; implantable medical devices; medical implant communication service; medical implantable antenna; metallic patch; microstrip antennas; numerical analysis; planar inverted F antenna; shorting-pin; Biological system modeling; Dual band; Implants; Microstrip; Microstrip antennas; Microwave integrated circuits;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Biomedical Engineering Meeting (BIYOMUT), 2014 18th National

Conference_Location

Istanbul

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/BIYOMUT.2014.7026386

Filename

7026386