Title :
Feasibility, limitations and potentiality of UHF-RFID passive implants
Author :
Occhiuzzi, Cecilia ; Simiele, M. ; Lodato, R. ; Marrocco, G.
Author_Institution :
Pervasive Electromagn. Lab., Univ. of Roma Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy
Abstract :
Implanted RFID may play an important role in the personal Healthcare of next future. Antenna embedded into prosthesis or into other implanted medical devices could permit to monitor physiological and pathological processes, providing a natural interconnection to remote services. The big technical challenge is to establish a stable RFID link with the interior of the human body in spite of the high electromagnetic losses of the tissues. By using parametric electromagnetic models and some early result, it is here investigated the potentiality and limitation of the UHF implants with special attention to the body district, the overall mass, and the size of the antennas.
Keywords :
UHF antennas; health care; prosthetics; radio links; radiofrequency identification; RFID link; UHF-RFID passive implants; antenna; electromagnetic losses; implanted medical devices; parametric electromagnetic models; pathological process; personal healthcare; physiological process; prosthesis; remote services; Antennas; Implants; Integrated circuits; Neck; Phantoms; Radiofrequency identification; Sensitivity;
Conference_Titel :
RFID-Technologies and Applications (RFID-TA), 2012 IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Nice
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-4656-6
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4673-4658-0
DOI :
10.1109/RFID-TA.2012.6404557
