• 센서학회지
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• 제18권1호
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• pp.63-71
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• 2009

It is said that the desirable bio-signal measurement and stimulation system should be an implantable type if the several problems such as biocompatibility, electrical safety, and so on are overcome. In addition to the biocompatibility issue, a robust RF communication and a stable electrical power source for the implantable bio-signal measurement and stimulation system are very important matters. In this paper, a wireless telemetry system which adopts the FCC's approved MICS (medical implant communication service) protocol and a wireless power transmission has been proposed. The proposed system composed of a base station (BS) and an implantable medical device (IMD) has the advantages that the interference with other RF devices can be reduced by the use of the specially assigned MICS frequency band of 402.MHz to 405 MHz. Also, the proposed system includes various functions of a multi-channel bio-signal acquisition and an electric stimulation. Since the electrical power for the IMD can be provided by the inductive link between PCB patterned coils, the IMD needs no battery so that the IMD can be smaller size and much less dangerous than the active type IMD which includes the internal battery. Finally, the validity as a wireless telemetry system has been demonstrated through the experiments by using the implemented BS and IMD.

• 한국멀티미디어학회논문지
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• 제18권5호
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• pp.652-662
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• 2015

It is necessary to develop small, implantable bio-telemetry systems which can measure and transmit patients' bio-signals from internal body to external receiver. When measuring bio-signals, like electrical bio-signals, acoustic bio-signal measurement has also a big clinical usefulness. But, sound signal has larger frequency bandwidth than any other bio-signals. When considering these issues, a wireless telemetry system which has rapid data transmission rate proportional to wide frequency bandwidth is necessary to be developed. The bluetooth module is used to overcome the data rate limitation caused by the large frequency bandwidth. In this paper, a novel multimedia bluetooth biotelemetry system was developed which consists of transmitter module located in the body and receiver device located outside of the body. The transmitter consists of microphone, bluetooth, and wireless charging device. And the receiver consists of bluetooth and codec system. The sound inside the skin is captured by microphone and sent to receiver by bluetooth while charging. The wireless charging system constantly supplies the electric power to the system. To verify the performance of the developed system, an in vitro experiment has been performed. The results show that the proposed biotelemetry system has ability to acquire the sound signals under the skin.

• 센서학회지
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• 제12권6호
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• pp.249-257
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• 2003

환자의 체내에 삽입하여 여러 가지 생체정보를 무선으로 전송하는 형태의 텔레메트리 기술은 환자들의 불편함을 해소하고 기존의 진단 한계를 극복하는데 큰 기여를 할 것으로 기대되고 있다. 체내에서 생체신호를 외부의 전송하는 시스템의 경우, 정확한 질병지점을 판단하기 위해서는 체내의 텔레메트리 모듈의 위치를 체외에서 정착하게 파악할 수 있는 기술이 필수적이다. 본 논문에서는 8개의 안테나를 고정된 위치에 두고, 비선형 연립방정식의 해석을 통하여 체내에 삽입된 송신모듈의 위치를 결정하는 방법을 제안하고 해석하였다.

• 센서학회지
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• 제17권1호
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• pp.23-28
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• 2008

In order to measure bio-signals, it is desirable to build a fully implantable system which connects directly to neural pathways or body tissue. A design scheme for fully implementable measurement system is proposed in this paper. Consisting of an implanted module and an external system, the proposed scheme delivers power and data between the two modules. The external module sends power via inductive link using a simple H-bridge type oscillator. Also, the implanted module sends measured data to the external system utilizing R/F communication technique at a frequency of ISM band. A stable communication and operation is achieved as the two types of channels are separated. Implemented in a compact size enough to be implanted in human body, the system exhibits good performance in experimental studies.

• 한국의학물리학회지:의학물리
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• 제19권1호
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• pp.42-48
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• 2008

최근 첨단 과학의 발달과 함께 인체조직에 대한 적용도가 뛰어난 소재가 개발되어 초소형의 이식형 장치가 개선되어감에 따라 전력공급방법의 다양한 연구가 이루어져 유도코일을 이용하여 무선으로 전력을 전송하는 장치가 연구되어오고 있다. 이에 저자는 이론적으로 효율이 100%인 E급 전력증폭기를 사용하여 $2{\sim}30mm$의 공극거리에서 가장 이상적인 주파수를 1MHz로 설정하여 제작하였고, 직경 46mm의 송수신 코일을 이용하여 코일의 비정렬에 대한 전송율이 이격거리가 10mm일 때, 20% 감소되었다. PLL을 사용하여 주파수추적동조법으로 공극거리 15 mm 이내에서는 완만하게 20% 정도의 에너지 전송효율을 얻을 수 있었다. 또한 최적의 공진거리에서 50 mA 정도의 출력전류가 얻을 수 있다는 것은 초소형 전기 자극기와 같은 이식형 장치를 동작시키는데 구동 전력으로 가능하다는 것을 알 수 있었다.