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Evolution of Biomedical Implantable Antennas: Requirements, Challenges, Designs, and Applications

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Topical Drifts in Intelligent Computing (ICCTA 2021)

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Today, implantable antennas are very popular among researchers, as they are used to find simple, effective, and real-time solutions for many health-related issues inside the human body. Biomedical implantable devices are receiving great attention to find solutions to different medical conditions. Implantable wireless sensors integrated with implantable antennas have many advantages like early detection of disease and continuous and real-time monitoring of health conditions. Thus, it reduces healthcare costs, improves the quality of life of an individual, and improves the accuracy of diagnostics systems. The implantable sensors are placed inside the human body to measure real-time information of the various body parameters like glucose level, body temperature, blood pressure, and ocular pressure. However, the implantable antennas used for transmitting this information face major challenges such as poor gain and large size. The human tissues due to their frequency-dependent permittivity and highly lossy nature exacerbate the performance of the implantable system. This manuscript covers an overview of the major requirements of implantable antennas, various design aspects, challenges, simulation tools, testing methods, and various applications of biomedical implantable antennas.

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    Sumit Kumar Khandelwal & Srinivasa Nallanthighal Raghava

  2. National Institute of Technology Delhi, New Delhi, India

    Ravi Kumar Arya

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  3. Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering, NIT Mizoram, Aizawl, India

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Khandelwal, S.K., Arya, R.K., Raghava, S.N. (2022). Evolution of Biomedical Implantable Antennas: Requirements, Challenges, Designs, and Applications. In: Mandal, J.K., Hsiung, PA., Sankar Dhar, R. (eds) Topical Drifts in Intelligent Computing. ICCTA 2021. Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems, vol 426. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-0745-6_43

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