Pow­er­ing and com­mu­ni­cat­ing with implantable med­ical devices using NIR light

A new study from a research team at the Cen­tre for Wire­less Com­mu­ni­ca­tions Net­work and Sys­tems (CWC-NS) at the Uni­ver­si­ty of Oulu has intro­duced an approach that uses near-infrared (NIR) light, beyond light ther­a­py, to facil­i­tate simul­ta­ne­ous wire­less pow­er trans­fer and com­mu­ni­ca­tion for implantable med­ical devices (IMDs). Pre­vi­ous­ly, the research team demon­strat­ed that NIR light for wire­less com­mu­ni­ca­tion is fea­si­ble, and now the team made progress by involv­ing wire­less charg­ing capa­bil­i­ties using the same light.

Read more infor­ma­tion about this research on the Uni­ver­si­ty of Oulu’s web­site.

Con­tact per­son

Mariel­la Särestönie­mi

Docent, uni­ver­si­ty researcher

mariella.sarestoniemi@oulu.fi