Design of a Transcutaneous Infrared Remote Control for the Totally Implantable Middle Ear System

نویسندگان

  • YoungHo Yoon
  • Eui-Sung Jung
  • Byung-Seop Song
  • Sang-Heun Lee
  • Jin-Ho Cho
چکیده

An infrared (IR) transcutaneous remote control was designed for use in the totally implantable middle ear system. Considering the IR reflection, absorption and scattering effect of the skin, the required IR radiant intensity is calculated. After we have implemented the designed control, the transcutaneous operation experiment was carried out using a porcine skin. key words: implantable middle ear, hearing aid, IR wireless communication

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • IEICE Transactions

دوره 88-C  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2005