Welcome to Body Area Networks - Local Area Networks will become Body Area
Networks
Body Area Networks wirelessly connect implanted
medical devices and on-body sensors with monitoring tools to provide patient
health data in real-time. As an overview, here's a video that features a
wireless sensor system to assess health issues. Quite interesting.
The development of an "in-body"
communications system has now materialized because of the approval of the MICS
(Medical Implantable Communication Service) band. This is a dedicated
frequency band between 402 – 405 MHz - to be used for implanted device
communications.
Using this frequency, a healthcare provider can establish
a high-speed, short-range wireless link between an implanted device and a base
station at a healthcare facility. For example, an ultra low-power RF transceiver
in a pacemaker can wirelessly transmit patient health data to a bedside RF
transceiver. This can then be transmitted via the Internet to the health care
facility.
This emerging technology will dramatically improve the quality
of life for patients with implanted medical devices. With two-way RF links,
health care professionals can remotely monitor the health of patients and more
importantly - wirelessly adjust the performance of the particular implanted
device. This means fewer hospital visits for patients, as well as the
possibility of avoiding surgery that would otherwise be required to adjust the
operation of an implanted device.
There are many other applications for a
Body Area Network. We will be covering them in this informative website.
You may want to bookmark
www.BodyAreaNetworks.net as a great resource for new information about the
emerging world of ubiquitous computing.
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