Transmission power requirements for novel ZigBee implants in the gastrointestinal tract.
In this paper, a novel multinode wireless monitoring platform, based on ZigBee communication standard, is presented and tested in vivo. The transmission power levels needed to establish a reliable connection from the different gastrointestinal districts are reported and compared with safety levels from international guidelines. These findings can be useful to evaluate the effectiveness of a commercial and standardized approach to implantable and miniaturized monitoring of physiological parameters.
Valdastri
Pietro
P
Center for Research in Microengineering (CRIM) Laboratory, Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna, 33-56127 Pisa, Italy. pietro@sssup.it
Menciassi
Arianna
A
Dario
Paolo
P
D017076:Computer-Aided Design; D011211:Electric Power Supplies; D004581:Electronics / Q000295:instrumentation*; D004735:Energy Transfer; D019544:Equipment Failure Analysis; D041981:Gastrointestinal Tract; D019736:Prostheses and Implants; D013686:Telemetry / Q000295:instrumentation*