Application of Dielectric Resonator Antenna in Implantable Medical Devices

Wireles biomedical telemetry through Implantable Medical Devices (IMD) has been one of the major interest of human kind in present times due to life supporting advantages. As sensors, actuators, battery and antenna comprises the IMD and role of efficient radiator describes the quality of implantable device. However, Dielectric Resonator Antennas (DRA) have been proved more efficient in comparison to their contemporaries in different applications due to its inherent properties, but application of DRA in implantable devices is not proposed yet. In this paper, a rectangular DRA resonating at 2.45 GHz excited by coplanar waveguide feed has been proposed for in depth implantable applications.