MICS transceivers: regulatory standards and applications [medical implant communications service]

Author

Savci, Huseyin S. ; Sula, Ahmet ; Wang, Zheng ; Dogan, Numan S. ; Arvas, Ercument

Author_Institution

Electr. & Comput. Eng. Dept., North Carolina A&T State Univ., Greensboro, NC, USA

fYear

2005

fDate

8-10 April 2005

Firstpage

179

Lastpage

182

Abstract

The medical implant communications service (MICS) is an ultra-low power, unlicensed, mobile radio service for transmitting data in support of diagnostic or therapeutic functions associated with implanted medical devices. The US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) allocated the 402-405 MHz frequency band for MICS operations on a shared, secondary basis in 1999. Although it is a fairly new standard, its usage is rapidly increasing in medical implant devices such as cardiac pacemakers, implantable cardioverter defibrillators, neurostimulators, hearing aids and automated drug delivery systems. This paper reviews the regulatory standards and the characteristics of MICS transceivers.

Keywords

biomedical communication; low-power electronics; mobile radio; patient diagnosis; patient monitoring; patient treatment; prosthetics; telecommunication standards; transceivers; 402 to 405 MHz; MICS transceivers; automated drug delivery systems; cardiac pacemakers; diagnostic functions; hearing aids; implantable cardioverter defibrillators; implanted medical devices; medical implant communications service; neurostimulators; regulatory standards; shared frequency band; therapeutic functions; ultra-low power radio; unlicensed mobile radio service; Auditory implants; Communication standards; FCC; Land mobile radio; Medical diagnostic imaging; Microwave integrated circuits; Mobile communication; Pacemakers; Radio spectrum management; Transceivers;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

SoutheastCon, 2005. Proceedings. IEEE

Print_ISBN

0-7803-8865-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/SECON.2005.1423241

Filename

1423241