IEEE Rev Biomed Eng. 2019;12:88-99. doi: 10.1109/RBME.2018.2848228. Epub 2018 Jun 18.
Over the past six decades, there has been tremendous progress made in the field of medical implant communications. A comprehensive review of the progress, current state of the art, and future direction is presented in this paper. Implanted medical devices (IMDs) are designed mainly for the purpose of diagnostic, therapeutic, and assistive applications in heathcare, active living, and sports technology. The primary target of IMDs' design revolves around reliable communications, sustainable power sources, and a high degree of miniaturization while maintaining biocompatibility to surrounding tissues adhering to the human safety limits set by appropriate guidelines. The role of the Internet of Things and intelligent data analysis in implant device networks as future research is presented in this paper. Finally, in addition to reviewing the state of the art, a novel intuitive lower bound on implant size is presented.
在过去的六十年中，医学植入物通信领域取得了巨大的进展。本文全面回顾了这一领域的进展、当前的技术水平和未来的发展方向。植入式医疗设备 (IMD) 的设计主要用于医疗、主动生活和运动技术领域的诊断、治疗和辅助应用。IMD 的设计主要围绕可靠的通信、可持续的电源以及高度的小型化，同时保持与周围组织的生物相容性，以符合适当指南规定的人体安全限制。本文还介绍了物联网和智能数据分析在植入式设备网络中的作用，作为未来的研究方向。最后，除了回顾现有技术水平外，本文还提出了一种新颖的植入物尺寸下限的直观方法。
