A programmable mixed-signal ASIC for data acquisition systems in medical implants

Author

Lerch, R.G. ; Spiegel, E. ; Kakerow, R. ; Hakenes, R. ; Kappert, H. ; Hohlhaas, H. ; Kordas, N. ; Buchmann, M. ; Franke, T. ; Manoli, Y. ; Muller, J.

Author_Institution

Fraunhofer Inst. of Microelectron. Circuits & Syst., Duisburg, Germany

fYear

1995

fDate

15-17 Feb. 1995

Firstpage

162

Lastpage

163

Abstract

The ASIC was developed as the central component in an implantable data acquisition system, its first application being as an implant for the acquisition of ECG, heart muscle elasticity and electrolyte composition data of transplanted hearts. It allows daily monitoring of tissue rejection at the patient´s home, using an RF link to a small receiver (local host) that forwards the data to a remote hospital computer via a modem.

Keywords

application specific integrated circuits; biomedical electronics; data acquisition; electrocardiography; mixed analogue-digital integrated circuits; patient monitoring; ECG; RF link; data acquisition; electrolyte composition; heart muscle elasticity; medical implants; monitoring; programmable mixed-signal ASIC; remote hospital computer; tissue rejection; transplanted hearts; Application software; Application specific integrated circuits; Computerized monitoring; Data acquisition; Elasticity; Electrocardiography; Heart; Implants; Muscles; Patient monitoring;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Solid-State Circuits Conference, 1995. Digest of Technical Papers. 41st ISSCC, 1995 IEEE International

Conference_Location

San Francisco, CA, USA

ISSN

0193-6530

Print_ISBN

0-7803-2495-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ISSCC.1995.535505

Filename

535505