A microwatt telemetry protocol for targeting deep implants

Shinnosuke Kawasaki; Indulakshmi  Subramaniam; Marta Saccher; Ronald Dekker

doi:10.1109/IUS52206.2021.9593603

A microwatt telemetry protocol for targeting deep implants

Shinnosuke Kawasaki, Indulakshmi Subramaniam, Marta Saccher, Ronald Dekker

Electronic Components, Technology and Materials

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Abstract

Implantable medical devices are becoming smaller and more deeply implanted in the human body for various applications (i.e., neurostimulation, drug delivery, bone fracture monitoring). Therefore, an efficient ultrasound power transfer link is needed to charge these devices. However, this is challenging because each ultrasound transducer has limited angular sensitivity. This work proposes a low-power telemetry protocol that can reliably feedback the power sent to the implant with backscattered ultrasound. The protocol works by sending two consecutive interrogation signals and connecting a circuit on the receiver that modulates only one of the two signals. The modulated signal can be decoded with an external ultrasound probe. In this work, the circuit was built, verified, and compared with simulation results. It was shown that the telemetry protocol could accurately localize the receiving ultrasound element at sub-mm precision at a 10 cm depth.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	2021 IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium (IUS)
Subtitle of host publication	Proceedings
Place of Publication	Piscataway
Publisher	IEEE
Pages	1-4
Number of pages	4
ISBN (Electronic)	978-1-6654-0355-9
ISBN (Print)	978-1-6654-4777-5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/IUS52206.2021.9593603
Publication status	Published - 2021
Event	2021 IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium (IUS) - Virtual at Xi'an, China Duration: 11 Sept 2021 → 16 Sept 2021

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Name	IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium, IUS
ISSN (Print)	1948-5719

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Conference	2021 IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium (IUS)
Abbreviated title	IUS 2021
Country/Territory	China
City	Virtual at Xi'an
Period	11/09/21 → 16/09/21

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Green Open Access added to TU Delft Institutional Repository ‘You share, we take care!’ – Taverne project https://www.openaccess.nl/en/you-share-we-take-care
Otherwise as indicated in the copyright section: the publisher is the copyright holder of this work and the author uses the Dutch legislation to make this work public.

Keywords

pre-charged CMUT
backscattering
ultrasound power transfer
implantable medical device

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Kawasaki, S, Subramaniam, I, Saccher, M & Dekker, R 2021, A microwatt telemetry protocol for targeting deep implants. in 2021 IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium (IUS): Proceedings., 9593603, IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium, IUS, IEEE, Piscataway, pp. 1-4, 2021 IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium (IUS), Virtual at Xi'an, China, 11/09/21. https://doi.org/10.1109/IUS52206.2021.9593603

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