DocumentCode :
717418
Title :
Microsensors and energy harvesting for thermotherapy: Design and characterization
Author :
Lay-Ekuakille, A. ; Pagliara, G. ; Vergallo, P. ; Zia Ur Rahman, M. ; Rama Koty Reddy, D.V. ; Casciaro, S. ; Conversano, F.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Innovation Eng., Univ. of Salento, Lecce, Italy
fYear :
2015
fDate :
7-9 May 2015
Firstpage :
411
Lastpage :
415
Abstract :
Thermotherapy is often used for diverse biomedical applications. One of them is treating human body area under pain, for example, lumbar pain. Thermotherapy can be used for such purpose by means of, for instance, metal-based bands that produce heat on the area under treatment. The heat delivered by such bands end after a specific time. This is a thermotherapy system based on a contact between dedicated bands and human body area under pain. The bands generally contain materials as polyester, iron or copper, salt, cellulose, active carbons, etc... The paper presents an energy harvesting system based on Seebeck´s effect using micro-thermogenerators (TEGs) that convert heat from neck to electrical energy to be used on lumbar area with a further conversion from electrical to heat. This approach, even apparently complicated, allows to use a system that can be utilized every time and for a long period. It is useful because the heat produced by human body is displaced from neck to another area of the same body.
Keywords :
Seebeck effect; bioMEMS; biomedical measurement; biothermics; carbon; copper; energy harvesting; iron; microsensors; patient treatment; polymers; Seebeck´s effect; TEG; active carbons; biomedical applications; cellulose; dedicated bands; energy harvesting system; heat-electrical energy convertion; human body area; lumbar area; lumbar pain; metal-based bands; microsensor; microthermogenerator; neck; polyester; salt; thermotherapy system; Electromagnetic heating; Generators; Medical treatment; Microwave technology; Resistance heating; Temperature measurement; Energy harvesting; Micro-sensors; Seebeck´ effect; Thermotherapy; biomedical measurements;
fLanguage :
English
Publisher :
ieee
Conference_Titel :
Medical Measurements and Applications (MeMeA), 2015 IEEE International Symposium on
Conference_Location :
Turin
Type :
conf
DOI :
10.1109/MeMeA.2015.7145238
Filename :
7145238
Link To Document :
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