Deeply implanted medical device based on a novel ultrasonic telemetry technology

Keywords: Implanted Medical Device ; Biomedical Engineering ; Body Sensor Network ; Ultrasound ; Backscattering modulation ; Titanium ; Telemetry ; Energy Harvesting These Ecole polytechnique federale de Lausanne EPFL, n° 5730 (2013)Programme doctoral Systemes de production et RobotiqueFaculte des sciences et techniques de l'ingenieurInstitut de microtechniqueLaboratoire de production microtechnique 2Jury: H. Bleuler (president), C. Dehollain, L. Pourcelot, R. Receveur Public defense: 2013-5-17 Reference doi:10.5075/epfl-thesis-5730Print copy in library catalog Record created on 2013-05-07, modified on 2016-08-09

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