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Implantable Flexible Sensor for Telemetrical Real-Time Blood Pressure Monitoring using Polymer/Metal Multilayer Processing Technique  

Lim Chang-Hyun (Department of Mechanical Engineering, College of Engineering, Yonsei University)
Kim Yong-Jun (Department of Mechanical Engineering, College of Engineering, Yonsei University)
Yoon Young-Ro (Department of Biomedical Engineering, College of Health Science, Yonsei University)
Yoon Hyoung-Ro (Department of Biomedical Engineering, College of Health Science, Yonsei University)
Shin Tae-Min (Department of Biomedical Engineering, College of Health Science, Yonsei University)
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Journal of Biomedical Engineering Research / v.25, no.6, 2004 , pp. 599-604 More about this Journal
Abstract
Implantable flexible sensor using polymer/metal multilayer processing technique for telemetrical real-time blood pressure monitoring is presented. The realized sensor is mechanically flexible, which can be less invasively implanted and attached on the outside of blood vessel to monitor the variation of blood pressure. Therefore, unlike conventional detecting methods which install sensor on the inside of vessel, the suggested monitoring method can monitor the relative blood pressure without injuring blood vessel. The major factor of sudden death of adults is a disease of artery like angina pectoris and myocardial infarction. A disease of circulatory system resulted from vessel occlusion by plaque can be preventable and treatable early through continuous blood pressure monitoring. The procedure of suggested new method for monitoring variation of blood pressure is as follows. First, integrated sensor is attached to the outer wall of blood vessel. Second, it detects mechanical contraction and expansion of blood vessel. And then, reader antenna recognizes it using telemetrical method as the relative variation of blood pressure. There are not any active devices in the sensor system; therefore, the transmission of energy and signal depends on the principle of mutual inductance between internal antenna of LC resonator and external antenna of reader. To confirm the feasibility of the sensing mechanism, in vitro experiment using silicone rubber tubing and blood is practiced. First of all, pressure is applied to the silicone tubing which is filled by blood. Then the shift of resonant frequency with the change of applied pressure is measured. The frequency of 2.4 MHz is varied while the applied pressure is changed from 0 to 213.3 kPa. Therefore, the sensitivity of implantable blood pressure is 11.25 kHz/kPa.
Keywords
Blood Pressure; Flexible; Implantable; Resonant frequency; LC resonator; Mutual inductance; Telemetry;
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