Feasibility of B-mode diagnostic ultrasonic energy transfer and telemetry to a cm2 sized deep-tissue implant

Biyi Fang, Tao Feng, Mi Zhang, Shantanu Chakrabartty

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Abstract

While radio-frequency based remote powering and back-telemetry is popular for many of the surface implants, like neural prosthesis or under-the-skin implanted batteries, it is not suitable for implants located deep inside the tissue. In this paper, we investigate the feasibility of using a commercial off-the-shelf (COTS), diagnostic ultrasound technology for delivering energy to a sub-cm2 sized device implanted at depths more than 10cm away from the tissue surface. Using a COTS 3.5MHz ultrasound scanner we show how the B-mode interrogation protocol can be used to deliver energy to an encapsulated PZT transducer and how the B-mode video sequence can be parsed to retrieve the data from the transducer. In this paper we also discuss the limits of energy transfer at different implantation depths and we also discuss the energy requirements at the implant to achieve robust data transfer.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication2015 IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems, ISCAS 2015
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages782-785
Number of pages4
ISBN (Electronic)9781479983919
DOIs
StatePublished - Jul 27 2015
EventIEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems, ISCAS 2015 - Lisbon, Portugal
Duration: May 24 2015May 27 2015

Publication series

NameProceedings - IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems
Volume2015-July
ISSN (Print)0271-4310

Conference

ConferenceIEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems, ISCAS 2015
Country/TerritoryPortugal
CityLisbon
Period05/24/1505/27/15

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