C5.2 - Implantable EMG measuring system

Event
AMA Conferences 2015
2015-05-19 - 2015-05-21
Nürnberg, Germany
Band
Proceedings SENSOR 2015
Chapter
C5 - Medical Systems
Author(s)
M. Voelker, A. Nikas, h. Zhou, J. Hauer - Fraunhofer-Institute for Integrated Circuits IIS, Erlangen (Germany), R. Ruff, K. Hoffmann - Fraunhofer-Institute for Biomedical Engineering IBMT, St. Ingbert (Germany)
Pages
426 - 429
DOI
10.5162/sensor2015/C5.2
ISBN
978-3-9813484-8-4
Price
free

Abstract

The development of a multi-channel, implantable EMG measuring system is presented. The system integrates an application specific integrated circuit for EMG acquisition. Inductive coupling is used to supply the ASIC, an ARM Cortex-M4 microcontroller and a wireless data transmission in conformity with the medical implant communication service. Additional monitoring functions like electrode resistance, temperature and humidity measurement are implemented to monitor the reliability of the system. The implant is projected to control hand prostheses by EMG monitoring.

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