A method for construction of Nitinol antenna for implantable medical devices

Author

Kaijie Wu ; Casey, Shawn Patrick ; Lei Zhao ; Xinyu Chai

Author_Institution

Sch. of Electron. Inf. & Electr. Eng., Shanghai JiaoTong Univ., Shanghai, China

fYear

2013

fDate

16-18 Dec. 2013

Firstpage

265

Lastpage

269

Abstract

A methods for construction of inductively coupled implants within human or animal bodies are disclosed. An internal coil assembly to be used with the implant and receives both power and data from the external transmitting coil. The internal coil assembly design and choice of specific construction materials significantly reduces size while improving biocompatibility and ease of implantation. Nickel Titanium shape-memory alloy (Nitinol) is used with other materials to form a functional, biocompatible antenna. The geometry of the internal receiving coil assembly and distance are chosen to reduce the influence of noise and increase efficiency.

Keywords

biomedical equipment; biomedical materials; coils; nickel alloys; prosthetics; self-assembly; shape memory effects; titanium alloys; NiTi; Nitinol antenna; animal bodies; biocompatibility; external transmitting coil; functional biocompatible antenna; human bodies; implantable medical devices; implantation; inductively coupled implants; internal coil assembly design; noise; shape-memory alloy; Antennas; Copper; Gold; Implants; Materials; Spirals; Antenna; Inductive Coupling; Nitinol; Vsual Prosthesis; Wireless Power Transfer;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Biomedical Engineering and Informatics (BMEI), 2013 6th International Conference on

Conference_Location

Hangzhou

Print_ISBN

978-1-4799-2760-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/BMEI.2013.6746946

Filename

6746946