First workshop

The first ULTRAsponder Workshop was organised as satellite event of the 2010 ESSDERC / ESSCIRC conference which was held in Sevilla, Spain, from September 13th to 17th 2010.
Below are the presentation given at the Workshop by the different participants:

SESSION 1: Remote powering and communications through ultrasound

FP7 ICT European ULTRAsponder project: In Vivo Ultrasonic Transponder System for Biomedical applications Speaker: Catherine Dehollain, EPFL, RF IC group, Lausanne, Switzerland (Download presentation)

Ultrasound for wireless energy transfer and communication for implanted medical devices Speakers: Catherine Dehollain and Francesco Mazzilli, EPFL, RF IC group, Switzerland (Download presentation)

Possible acoustic paths for communication and energy transfer with deeply implanted sensors using ultrasound Speaker: Benjamin Cotte, INSERM, Unit U556, Lyon, France (Download presentation)


SESSION 2: Low power data acquisition and low power digital processing

Data compression in medical implants Speaker: Pal Anders Floor, Oslo University Hospital, Interventional Center, Oslo, Norway (Download presentation)

Low-power data acquisition system for very small signals with 12-Bit-SAR-ADC Speaker: Christof Dohmen, IMST GmbH, Kamp-Lintfort, Germany (Download presentation)

Low power digital processing Speaker: Marc Morgan, CSEM, Neuchatel, Switzerland (Download presentation)


SESSION 3: Low power electronics for medical applications

Electro magnetical fields and implanted medical devices: MRI compatibility Speaker: Volkert Zeijlemaker, Medtronic, Bakken Research Center, Maastricht, Netherlands (Download presentation)

Low power analog electronics for portable and autonomous applications Speaker: Franco Maloberti, University of Pavia, Integrated Microsystem Laboratory, Italy (Download presentation)

RF CMOS sensors for contactless health monitoring Speaker: Domenico Zito, University College Cork and Tyndall National Institute, Cork, Ireland (Download presentation)

Battery-less wireless sensors based on low power UHF RFID tags Speaker: Ivan Rebollo, Farsens S.L., San Sebastian, Spain (Download presentation)

Second workshop

The second ULTRAsponder Workshop was organised as satellite event of the 5th International Symposium on Medical Information and Communication Technology (ISMICT 2011), which was held in Montreux, Switerland, from March 27th to 30th 2011.
Below are the presentation given at the Workshop by the different participants:

Design and optimization of remotely powered RFID systems and sensor nodes
Author: Catherine Dehollain, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), RF IC group, Lausanne, Switzerland
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European project ULTRAsponder dedicated to the design of an ultrasonic transponder system
Authors: Catherine Dehollain and Francesco Mazzilli, EPFL, RF IC group, Lausanne, Switzerland
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Ultrasound backscattering for deep-implanted devices: communication and energy challenges
Author: Dominique Bovey, university of applied sciences of western Switzerland, School HEIG-VD, Institute of Information and Communication Technologies (IICT), Switzerland
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In vivo ultrasonic transponder system for biomedical applications
Authors: Jacob Bergsland (Oslo University Hospital, Norway) and Rogier Receveur (Medtronic Bakken Research Center, the Netherlands)
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Detection of deeply-implanted impedance-switching devices using ultrasound Doppler
Authors: Jean-Martial Mari, Cyril Lafon, Jean Yves Chapelon, INSERM, Unit U556, Lyon, France
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Shockwaves and high intensity focused ultrasound for the non invasive treatment of kidney stones and prostate cancer
Author: Emmanuel Blanc, C.T.O. EDAP-TMS, Lyon, France
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Remotely-powered telemetry of the human metabolism for applications in personalized therapy
Author: Sandro Carrara, EPFL, Integrated Systems Laboratory, Lausanne, Switzerland
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Ultra-low power digital processing for medical applications
Author: Marc Morgan, CSEM: Swiss Center for Electronics and Microtechnology, Neuchatel, Switzerland
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