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2002
Conference Paper
Title
Intravascular pressure monitoring system
Abstract
Monitoring of blood pressure offers diagnostical and therapeutical possibilities in hypertension decease. The determination of pulse rate is comfortable for detection of arrhythmia or blood sugar for diabetes. This paper presents an intravascular pressure monitoring system consisting of an implantable silicone capsule, which can be placed in the arterial system via a catheder. The capsule contains a pressure sensor and signal conditioning circuitry for wireless data and energy transfer using 13.56 MHz transponder technology.