The Internet of Medical Things (IoMT) paradigm will enable next generation healthcare by enhancing human abilities, supporting continuous body monitoring and restoring lost physiological functions due to serious impairments. This paper presents intra-body communication solutions that interconnect implantable devices for application to the nervous system, challenging the specific features of the complex intra-body scenario. The presented approaches include both speculative and implementative methods, ranging from neural signal transmission to testbeds, to be applied to specific neural diseases therapies. Also future directions in this research area are considered to overcome the existing technical challenges mainly associated with miniaturization, power supply, and multi-scale communications.
翻译:互联医疗物联网范式通过增强人类能力、支持连续身体监测和恢复因严重受损引起的失去的生理功能,实现下一代医疗保健。本文介绍了互连植入设备的体内通信解决方案,以应用于神经系统,并挑战复杂的体内情景的特定特征。所介绍的方法包括假设和实施方法,涵盖了从神经信号传输到实验室样机的范围,用于特定的神经疾病疗法。此外,考虑了这个研究领域的未来方向,以克服与微型化、电源供应和多尺度通信主要相关的现有技术挑战。