ULTRAsponder

Invivo Ultrasonic Transponder System for Biomedical Applications

Coordinatore	ECOLE POLYTECHNIQUE FEDERALE DE LAUSANNE    more  Organization address address: EPFL, Faculty STI, Institute IMM, Laboratory LEG, Building E Station 11 city: Lausanne postcode: CH-1015 contact info Titolo: Dr. Nome: Catherine Cognome: DEHOLLAIN Email: send email Telefono: +41 21 693697 Fax: +41 21 693364
Nazionalità Coordinatore	Switzerland [CH]
Totale costo	4˙325˙722 €
EC contributo	3˙149˙997 €
Programma	FP7-ICT Specific Programme "Cooperation": Information and communication technologies
Code Call	FP7-ICT-2007-2
Funding Scheme	CP
Anno di inizio	2008
Periodo (anno-mese-giorno)	2008-09-01   -   2012-03-31

 Partecipanti

#	participant	country	role	EC contrib. [€]
1	ECOLE POLYTECHNIQUE FEDERALE DE LAUSANNE  Organization address address: EPFL, Faculty STI, Institute IMM, Laboratory LEG, Building E Station 11 city: Lausanne postcode: CH-1015 contact info Titolo: Dr. Nome: Catherine Cognome: DEHOLLAIN Email: send email Telefono: +41 21 693697 Fax: +41 21 693364	CH (Lausanne)	coordinator	0.00
2	CSEM CENTRE SUISSE D'ELECTRONIQUE ET DE MICROTECHNIQUE SA - RECHERCHE ET DEVELOPPEMENT  Organization address address: Rue Jaquet-Droz city: NEUCHATEL postcode: 2002 contact info Titolo: Prof. Nome: Christian Cognome: PIGUET Email: send email Telefono: +41 32 720 5227 Fax: +41 32 720 5763	CH (NEUCHATEL)	participant	0.00
3	HAUTE ECOLE SPECIALISEE DE SUISSE OCCIDENTALE  Organization address address: RUE DE LA JEUNESSE city: DELEMONT postcode: 2800 contact info Titolo: Prof. Nome: Patrick Cognome: Favre Email: send email Telefono: +41 24 423 9781 Fax: +41 24 423 9780	CH (DELEMONT)	participant	0.00
4	IMASONIC SAS  Organization address address: ZA RUE DES SAVOUROTS city: VORAY SUR L'OGNON postcode: 70190 contact info Titolo: Mr. Nome: Sébastien Cognome: Ubbiali Email: send email Telefono: +33 3 81403131 Fax: +33 3 81403139	FR (VORAY SUR L'OGNON)	participant	0.00
5	IMST GMBH  Organization address address: CARL-FRIEDRICH-GAUSS-STRASSE city: KAMP-LINTFORT postcode: 47475 contact info Titolo: Mr. Nome: Arnd Cognome: Neborg Email: send email Telefono: +49 2842 981 12 Fax: +49 2842 981 19	DE (KAMP-LINTFORT)	participant	0.00
6	INSTITUT NATIONAL DE LA SANTE ET DE LA RECHERCHE MEDICALE (INSERM)  Organization address address: 101 Rue de Tolbiac city: PARIS postcode: 75654 contact info Titolo: Ms. Nome: Hélène Cognome: Brun Email: send email Telefono: +33 4 7213885 Fax: +33 4 721388	FR (PARIS)	participant	0.00
7	MEDTRONIC BAKKEN RESEARCH CENTER B.V.  Organization address address: ENDEPOLSDOMEIN 5 city: MAASTRICHT postcode: 6229GW contact info Titolo: Dr. Nome: Rogier Cognome: Receveur Email: send email Telefono: +31 43 3566647 Fax: +31 43 3566518	NL (MAASTRICHT)	participant	0.00
8	OSLO UNIVERSITETSSYKEHUS HF  Organization address address: FORSKNINGSVEIEN city: OSLO postcode: 373 contact info Titolo: Dr. Nome: Ilangko Cognome: Balasingham Email: send email Telefono: +47 23070101 Fax: +47 23070110	NO (OSLO)	participant	0.00
9	SCIPROM SARL  Organization address address: RUE DU CENTRE city: Saint-Sulpice postcode: 1025 contact info Titolo: Dr. Nome: Paolo Cognome: Dainesi Email: send email Telefono: +41 694 04 12 Fax: +41 694 04 19	CH (Saint-Sulpice)	participant	0.00

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 Obiettivo del progetto (Objective)

The key objective of ULTRAsponder is to develop a novel telemetry technology for biomedical applications that will enable any kind of deeply implanted device (the transponder) to communicate and be powered wirelessly via acoustic waves with the external system (the control unit). The implanted transponder will include one or more sensors for monitoring a variety of parameters, such as temperature, pressure, or fluid flow. Local digital signal processing will allow the transponder to act smartly and transmit only significant data, reducing its power needs. As part of a network, several transponders will communicate and exchange information with the external control unit. The control unit will be placed on the patient's skin, and it will control, energize and communicate through acoustic waves (ultrasonic) with the implanted transponders. Moreover, it will be used as a data logger, which relays the recorded data from the transponders network, towards the patient's environment via cellular, plain telephone service (POTS) or IP based networks.The key innovations of ULTRAsponder will be the following: (i) development of a novel telemetry technique based on the backscattering principle to ensure efficient data communication through acoustic waves from the implanted transponder to the external control unit, (ii) wireless communication through acoustic waves from the control unit to the transponder, (iii) remote powering of the transponder through acoustic waves using a beam-forming technique to increase efficiency and hence to reduce charge time (iv) internal pre-treatment of the sensor measurements thanks to local massive and low power signal processing capabilities, (v) high flexibility and modularity of the transponder to be easily adaptable to any kind of sensor, (vi) test of the overall system in real environment for a particular application to measure physiological parameters, (vii) contribution to the standardization of body sensor networks using acoustic waves