Feasibility, limitations and potentiality of UHF-RFID passive implants

Implanted RFID may play an important role in the personal Healthcare of next future. Antenna embedded into prosthesis or into other implanted medical devices could permit to monitor physiological and pathological processes, providing a natural interconnection to remote services. The big technical ch...

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Main Authors: Occhiuzzi, C., Simiele, M., Lodato, R., Marrocco, G.
Format: Conference Proceeding
Language:English
Subjects:
Antennas
Implants
Integrated circuits
Neck
Phantoms
Radiofrequency identification
Sensitivity
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Summary:Implanted RFID may play an important role in the personal Healthcare of next future. Antenna embedded into prosthesis or into other implanted medical devices could permit to monitor physiological and pathological processes, providing a natural interconnection to remote services. The big technical challenge is to establish a stable RFID link with the interior of the human body in spite of the high electromagnetic losses of the tissues. By using parametric electromagnetic models and some early result, it is here investigated the potentiality and limitation of the UHF implants with special attention to the body district, the overall mass, and the size of the antennas.
DOI:10.1109/RFID-TA.2012.6404557