A miniature-implantable RF-wireless active glaucoma intraocular pressure monitor

IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Circuits and Systems

Volumn 4, Issue 6 PART 1, 2010, Pages 340-349

  Chow, Eric Y ^a,b   Chlebowski, Arthur L ^a   Irazoqui, Pedro P ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Cyberonics Inc   (Italy)

Author keywords

Biomedical applications of electromagnetic radiation; biomedical monitoring; biomedical telemetry; implantable biomedical devices

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL APPLICATIONS OF ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION; BIOMEDICAL MONITORING; BIOMEDICAL TELEMETRY; CLOSED-LOOP; CONTINUOUS MONITORING; IMPLANTABLE BIOMEDICAL DEVICES; INTRA OCULAR PRESSURE; MICROELECTROMECHANICAL SYSTEMS; MONITORING DEVICE; MONOPOLE ANTENNA; POWER STORAGE; SIDE EFFECT; TEXAS INSTRUMENTS; TREATMENT SYSTEMS; WIRELESS OPERATION; WORK FOCUS;

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE EMISSION; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES; ELECTROMAGNETISM; MICROELECTROMECHANICAL DEVICES; MONOPOLE ANTENNAS; OPHTHALMOLOGY; TELEMETERING EQUIPMENT; WAVE PROPAGATION;

MAGNETIC MATERIALS;

EID: 78649636879     PISSN: 19324545     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TBCAS.2010.2081364     Document Type: Conference Paper

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