Title: Medical devices at mm-Waves: Vital Signs Monitoring and Non-Invasive Glucometer. Past, present and future
Abstract: The talk concerns medical devices like Vital Signs Monitoring and Glucometers. After a short presentation of the past and present methods (wired or invasive) we will discuss future solutions that are wireless and non-invasive. The advantage of seeking future solutions at mm and sub-mm Waves is manifold. First, the available bandwidth is higher at those frequencies, and we can get a better range resolution and velocity resolution for Vital signs monitoring. This then allows us to get heart signal with clear P, Q, R, S, T waves and ECG resolution. By this we could replace the 12 wire existing solutions with a wireless ECG. Moreover, at mm-Waves frequencies we could integrate the antennas on chip eliminating bond-wire connections to the antennas. For non-invasive glucose level detection, going to mm-Wave frequencies allows a compact solution with small footprint.
Biography: Received his MSc, MEE and PhD degrees from the Technical University of Iasi, Romania, Eindhoven University of Technology, The Netherlands and University of Twente, The Netherlands in 1990, 1993 and 1999, respectively. From 1999 to 2000, he was with Philips Semiconductors, Nijmegen, The Netherlands, working on fiber optic communication circuits. From 2000 to 2007 he joined Philips Research Eindhoven, The Netherlands and he was involved in Fiber Optic Interface circuits, RF IC Design, mm-Waves Transceiver design and Ultra-low-power radios. From 2008 to 2013, he conducted research at IBM T.J. Watson Research Center, Yorktown Heights, New York in mm-Waves transceivers for communication, imaging and RADAR, THz electronics. He is currently Associate Professor at Khalifa University of Science and Technology. Dr. Sanduleanu’s area of expertise include Wireless transceiver design for RF/mm-Waves/THz communication, High Speed Communication Circuits for serial I/O, High speed analog-to-digital converters, Phased-Array Systems, High-speed digital circuits and systems. Dr. Sanduleanu authored/co-authored 8 books and more than 120 papers in International Conferences and Journals. He holds 54 US patents. Dr. Sanduleanu served as Associate Editor for IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems in 2011-2012.