An Overview of Data Telemetry in Inductively Powered Implantable Biomedical Devices.

In modern implantable medical devices (IMDs), wireless data transmission between inside and outside of the body is essential to control IMD parameters and report the acquired data to the external part of the system. Unlike conventional far-field data communication, which is more suitable for free space, near-field data transfer techniques have been widely adopted for transcutaneous data links in I...