Method and apparatus for the diagnosis and prognosis of active implants in or attached to biological hosts or systems

摘要

A method and apparatus to measure and analyze electromagnetic emissions from implanted electronics to accomplish at least one of: detect and identify an active implant comprising electronics implanted in a biological host, diagnose the health of individual electronics as well as their health as an ensemble, and predict probable degradation of individual electronics, degradation of the electronic ensemble, and of the active implant in an automated fashion. The methods comprise filtering techniques to extract the information about the active implant's electronics by filtering out relevant biological effects induced by the active implant's biological situation. Said detection, identification, diagnosis, and prognosis are based on the measurement of intentional and unintentional electromagnetic emissions that emanate from the implant electronics of the active implant in a given biological situation.

主权项

1. An emissions measurement device for at least one electronic device implantable in a biological host comprising,
at least one antenna, a receiver operable in a combination with said at least one antenna to collect unintentional electromagnetic emission(s) emitted by the at least one electronic device and is further operable to extract signature components from said unintentional electromagnetic emission(s), said unintentional emission(s) being separate or different from signals being intentionally emitted by the at least one electronic device, processing algorithms comparing said signature components to one or both of a biological effect database and an electronic implant signature database, a final scoring generating a score of said signature of the at least one electronic device, and a data storage.