RFID Technology for Human Implant Devices

Hervé Aubert (1)

1 LAAS-MINC - Équipe MIcro et Nanosystèmes pour les Communications sans fil

This paper presents an overview on Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) technology for human implants and investigates the technological feasibility of such implants for locating and tracking persons or for remotely controlling human biological functions. Published results on the miniaturization of implantable passive RFID devices are reported as well as a discussion on the choice of the transmission frequency in wireless communication between passive RFID device implanted inside human body and an off-body interrogator. The two techniques (i.e., inductive coupling and electromagnetic coupling) currently used for wirelessly supplying power to and read data from passive implantable RFID device are described and some documented biomedical and therapeutic applications of human RFID-implant devices are finally reported.

Mots clés: RFID Technology; Human Implant Devices; Nanotechnology

Domaines: Electromagnétisme

Hervé Aubert. RFID Technology for Human Implant Devices. Comptes rendus à l'Académie des Sciences, 2011, Special issue on nanosciences/nanotechnologies. ⟨hal-00599304⟩