Design and Study of a Small Implantable Antenna Design for Blood Glucose Monitoring

Authors

  • Ayesha Ahmed School of Computer Science and Technology University of Bedfordshire, Luton, UK
  • Tahera Kalsoom School of Engineering and Computing University of West of Scotland, Paisley, UK
  • Masood Ur-Rehman School of Computer Science and Electronic Engineering University of Essex, Colchester, UK
  • Naeem Ramzan School of Engineering and Computing University of West of Scotland, Paisley, UK
  • Sajjad Karim Department of Electrical Engineering Foundation University Islamabad, Pakistan
  • Qammer H. Abbasi School of Engineering University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK

Keywords:

Implantable, glucose monitoring, small antennas, tele-health systems

Abstract

In this paper, a miniaturized implantable antenna with the dimensions of 8×8×1 mm3 has been studied for continuous monitoring of Blood Glucose Levels (BGL). The antenna performance is analyzed numerically for both the free space and implanted operation. The results show that the works excellently in both the scenarios. The antenna has the lowest resonant frequency of 3.58 GHz in free space with a gain 1.18 GHz while it operates at 2.58 GHz with a gain of 4.18 dBi. Good performance, small size and resilience to the human body effects make the antenna to have a good potential use in future implantable glucose monitoring devices.

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Published

2021-07-22

How to Cite

[1]
Ayesha Ahmed, Tahera Kalsoom, Masood Ur-Rehman, Naeem Ramzan, Sajjad Karim, and Qammer H. Abbasi, “Design and Study of a Small Implantable Antenna Design for Blood Glucose Monitoring”, ACES Journal, vol. 33, no. 10, pp. 1146–1151, Jul. 2021.

Issue

2018: Vol 33 Iss 10

Section

Articles