A three-chamber heart simulator for the study of electromagnetic interference with implantable devices

Author

Angelo, Angeloni ; Vincenzo, Barbaro ; Pietro, Bartolini ; Giovanni, Calcagnini ; Federica, Censi ; Silvia, Ughetto

Author_Institution

Biomed. Eng. Lab., Ist. Superiore di Sanita, Rome, Italy

Volume

1

fYear

2003

fDate

11-16 May 2003

Firstpage

493

Abstract

A portable heart simulator for the study of electromagnetic interference to implantable devices is designed. The simulator consists of a plexiglas box divided into three chambers simulating the left atrium and the ventricles, plus a lateral lodging for the implantable device. The box is coupled to a laptop PC by an A/D board; HW and SW interfaces allow to monitor and drive the chambers. Synthetic endocardial atrial and ventricle signals performing up to 13 cardiac rhythms are stored in the PC. They are applied to the cardiac chambers by AgCl plates. Sensing electrodes are AgCl needles inserted into the saline.

Keywords

artificial organs; biomedical electrodes; cardiology; electromagnetic compatibility; electromagnetic interference; medical signal processing; AgCl needles; AgCl plates; atrial signal; cardiac chambers; cardiac implantable devices; cardiac rhythms; electromagnetic compatibility; electromagnetic interference; plexiglas box; sensing electrodes; synthetic endocardial signal; three-chamber heart simulator; trunk simulator; ventricle signal; Biomedical engineering; Electrodes; Electromagnetic compatibility; Electromagnetic interference; Heart; Humans; In vitro; Laboratories; Medical tests; Sanitary engineering;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Electromagnetic Compatibility, 2003. EMC '03. 2003 IEEE International Symposium on

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7779-6

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICSMC2.2003.1428300

Filename

1428300