Biomedical Instrumentation

The research activities at SINTEF are focused on the design of innovative integrated circuits and systems which best exploit the capabilities of advanced technologies to provide new integrated solutions for biomedical applications.

One biomedical device can communicate with multiple  wireless bio devices controlled via a network of interrogator devices that are forming a network of sensors or a wireless instrumentation network.

Desirable functions for sensor nodes include: ease of installation, self identification, self diagnosis, reliability, time awareness for coordination with other nodes, some software functions and DSP, and standard control protocols and network interfaces.

The measured biological/physiological parameters are transferred through different medium types between two locations, including air, space, water, and biologic tissue (blood, fat, bone, etc.), by using a variety of modulated energy forms like electromagnetic waves, light, and ultrasound. The measured biological/physiological parameters are transferred by a transmitter carried on a belt or in a pocket when the device is placed on the body, and by an in vivo transmitter device when the biomedical electronics device is swallowed or surgically implanted in a subject/patient.