Simulation Assisting with the Adoption of Internet of Things through the Development of Smart Medical Implants

How Simulation is Assisting with the Adoption of Internet of Things Through the Development of Smart Medical Implants.Digital health is taking healthcare by storm  and is expected to reach $233.3 billion by 2020, driven particularly by the mobile health market. Connected medical devices and associated services are perceived to be able to offer safer  and more effective healthcare. Novel connected medical device examples include Saluda’s  closed-loop neuromodulation system for pain management, EBR’s wireless pacing system and  St Jude Medical’s wireless-enabled pacemaker – all examples of implants with wireless connectivity.

A key challenge for medical device designers is to understand  and optimize the communication between the device and the  receiver. Pioneering companies like Cambridge Consultants were

early adopters of engineering simulation to model the behavior of  medical devices and their communication components, together with  the surrounding environment – and particularly ‘through-body’ communication. In this webinar, we will discuss the growing importance of connectivity and the necessity of using computer-based modeling to enable this critical technology.

Cambridge Consultants will also present a case study that highlights the use of computer modeling to quantify the impact of different body morphologies on implant radio performance. An understanding of these coupled with use case and  end user morphology will define if the radio performance is incredibly successful or  marginally adequate.