• 대한의용생체공학회:의공학회지
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• 제29권6호
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• pp.415-430
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• 2008

The technologies in medical electronic implant(MEI) devices are developing rapidly, and already, there are various kinds of the MEI devices in the current medical equipments market. Recently, the global market scale of MEI devices have been increased about 13% year by year, and the import amount of MEI devices in Korea is increasing rapidly. In the near future, the demands of MEI devices will be magnificently increasing by the continuous development of the biomedical electronics devices which coupled with neural, brain and other organs will bring us to tremendous effects, such as providing new therapeutic solutions to patients, extension and saving human life, and an important clue of medical development. However, the investment of the research and the activity of developments in this field are still very weak in the Korea. Consequently, this paper introduces about the research trends of MEI devices, and technological problems those must be solved, and then concludes with the suggestions in order to be the leading country in this field.

• 제어로봇시스템학회:학술대회논문집
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• 제어로봇시스템학회 1991년도 한국자동제어학술회의논문집(국내학술편); KOEX, Seoul; 22-24 Oct. 1991
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• pp.758-761
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• 1991

Using one chip microcontroller 87Cl96 (On chip EPROM type) and EPLD (Erasable & Programable Logic Device), an implantable control system to drive pendulum type electromechanical total artificial heart was developed. This control system consists of 4 parts, main management system, motor driver with power regulator, state monitoring system and communication part. The main system has the functions for speed detection, PI(proportional and integration) control, PWM generation, communication and analog data processor. Two kinds of power system were used and separated by 8 photo coupler arrays to improve the system stability. The performances of each compartments were compared with our previous z80 microprocessor based control system and good correspondences was shown. Logic power consumption was reduced to a one third of our previous controller. Using mock circulation tests, the overall performances of control system are evaluated.

• 대한두개안면성형외과학회지
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• 제15권3호
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• pp.121-124
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• 2014

The use of the implantable Doppler device eases the burden of free flap monitoring, and allows caregivers to notify healthcare personnel of a potential vascular event. A 24-year-old female patient underwent anterolateral thigh adipofascial flap surgery to provide a buried flap on the left temporal area for a depressed and infected skull wound. The author was able to salvage the flap from two venous occlusions, which was made possible by early notifications from the caregiver who reported changes in the Doppler signal.

• 디지털융복합연구
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• 제14권3호
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• pp.235-241
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• 2016

최근 사회적으로 부각되고 있는 이슈 중에서 건강과 관련된 분야가 가장 큰 관심을 받고 있다. 본 논문에서는 질병이 악화되어 자가 치료가 어려운 환자를 대상으로 체내에 체내삽입장치를 부착하여 질병 정보를 안전하게 관리할 수 있는 생체 정보 전달 기법을 제안한다. 제안 기법의 목적은 체내삽입장치에 부착된 생체정보를 제 3자가 불법적으로 도청 및 간섭을 못하도록 하는 것이다. 제안 기법에서는 제3자의 도청 및 간섭을 방지하기 위해서 환자의 생체정보에 각각 코드를 할당하여 환자와 병원(의사) 사이의 안전성을 향상시킨다. 또한, 제안 기법은 생체정보를 코드 분할 방식으로 환자와 병원(의사)간 생체정보를 확인할 수 있도록 인코딩에 필요한 코드를 사전에 할당받는다. 특히, 제안기법은 제3자에게 불법적으로 도청 및 간섭이 발생하지 않도록 인코딩에 사용되는 코드를 사전에 생성하여 병원 데이터베이스에 저장하여 사용함으로써 병원 진료시간 단축 및 업무 효율성이 기존 방법보다 각각 6.9%와 12.7% 향상되었다.

• 한국정밀공학회지
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• 제33권11호
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• pp.937-941
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• 2016

Stand-alone cervical cage consists of a PEEK body, Ti plate, and screw, which are configured as a single-piece. Through a single operation, this implantable medical device is capable of completely fixing the cervical vertebral body. For example, instead of a plate, which is normally used, the intervertebral disc is removed and replaced with a cervical cage. It should be noted that in Korea, KFDA guidelines for a stand-alone cervical cage have not yet been suggested. Therefore, the aim of this study is to present the systematic study of the static compression test, static torsion test, dynamic compression test, and expulsion test. Further, the test method is designed to refer to the ASTM standard and relative literature.

• 전자공학회논문지SC
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• 제41권5호
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• pp.71-78
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• 2004

체내에 이식되는 완전 이식형 인공중이 시스템의 제어를 위해 저전력 마이크로프로세서인 MSP430을 이용한 적외선 리모컨형 외부제어기를 설계하였고, 수신된 신호 해석을 위한 제어 알고리즘을 설계하여 전원 ON/OFF와 소리크기 UP/DOWM 동작을 수행하도록 하였다. 먼저 피부 투과시 발생하는 적외선 신호의 반사 및 투과모델을 이용하여 시스템에 필요한 적외선 LED 방사강도를 계산하고, 인반 적외선 리모컨과의 오작동을 방지하기 위해 고유의 데이터 프로토콜을 설정하였다. 이식되는 수신부의 적외선 수신모듈은 자체 소비전류를 줄이기 위해 마이크로프로세서의 내부 타이머에 의한 25% 듀티비를 갖는 출력신호를 전원으로 사용하였다. 4mm 두께의 돼지피부를 이용한 피부투과 전송실험을 실시하여 구현된 송수신 장치로 신호가 전달됨을 확인하였다.

• 진공이야기
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• 제3권2호
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• pp.17-20
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• 2016

Piezoelectric nanogenerators are energy harvesting device to convert a mechanical energy into an electric energy using nanostructured piezoelectric materials. This review summarizes works to date on piezoelectric nanogenerators, starting with a basic theory of piezoelectricity and working mechanism, and moving through the reports of numerous nanogenerators using nanorod arrays, flexible substrates and alternative materials. A sufficient power generated from nanogenerators suggests feasible applications for either power supplies or strain sensors of highly integratedl nano devices. Further development of nanogenerators holds promise for the development of self-powered implantable and wearable electronics.

• International Neurourology Journal
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• 제22권4호
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• pp.228-236
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• 2018

Neuromodulation was introduced for patients with poor outcomes from the existing traditional treatment approaches. It is well-established as an alternative, novel treatment option for voiding dysfunction. The current system of neuromodulation uses an open-loop system that only delivers continuous stimulation without considering the patient's state changes. Though the conventional open-loop system has shown positive clinical results, it can cause problems such as decreased efficacy over time due to neural habituation, higher risk of tissue damage, and lower battery life. Therefore, there is a need for a closed-loop system to overcome the disadvantages of existing systems. The closed-loop neuromodulation includes a system to monitor and stimulate micturition reflex pathways from the lower urinary tract, as well as the central nervous system. In this paper, we reviewed the current technological status to measure biomarker for closed-loop neuromodulation systems for voiding dysfunction.

• 대한의용생체공학회:의공학회지
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• 제31권5호
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• pp.401-406
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• 2010

Recently, many implantable medical devices have been developed and manufactured in many countries. In these devices, generally, energy is supplied by a transcutaneous method to avoid the skin penetration due to the power wires. As the most transcutaneous power transmission methods, the electromagnetic coupling between two coils and resonance at a specific frequency has been used widely. However, in case of a transcutaneous power transmitter with a fixed switching frequency to drive an electromagnetic coil, inefficient power transmission and thermal damage by the undesirable current variation may occur, because the electromagnetic coupling state between a primary coil and a secondary coil is very sensitive to skin thickness of each applied position and by person. In order to overcome these defects, a transcutaneous power transmitter of which operating frequency can be automatically tracked into the resonance frequency at each environment has been designed and implemented. Through the results of experiments for different coil surroundings, we have been demonstrated that the implemented transcutaneous power transmitter can track automatically into a varied resonance frequency according to arbitrary skin thickness change.

• 대한의용생체공학회:의공학회지
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• 제28권4호
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• pp.539-548
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• 2007

In the paper, a wireless charger with the function of auto-shutdown for fully implantale middle ear hearing devices (F-IMEHD) has been designed. The wireless charger can communicate with an implant module to be turned off automatically shutdown after an internal rechargeable battery has been fully-charged by electromagnetic coupling using two coils. For the communication with an implant module, the wireless charger uses the load shift keying (LSK) method. But, the variation of the mutual inductance due to the different distance between two coils can cause the communication error in receiving the fully-charged signal from an implant module. To solve the problem, the implemented wireless charger has a variable reference generator for LSK communication. The wireless charger generates proper level of the reference voltage for a comparator using an ADC (analog-to-digital converter) and a DAC (digital-to-analog converter). Through the result of experiment, it has been confirmed that the presented wireless charger can detect signals from implantable module. And wireless charger can stop generating electromagnetic flux after an implanted battery has been fully charged in spite of variable coil distance according to different skin thickness.