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A Subcutaneous Biochip for Remote Monitoring of Human Metabolism: Packaging and Biocompatibility Assessment

Giovanni De Micheli, Andrea Cavallini, Sandro Carrara, Jacopo Olivo, Seyedeh Sara Ghoreishizadeh

This paper represents the extended version of the conference paper “Developing highly-integrated subcutaneous biochips for remote monitoring of human metabolism” pre- sented at the IEEE Sensors Conference 2012, and presents data on assembly, packaging and ...

Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers2015

Design, development, and validation of an in-situ biosensor array for metabolite monitoring of cell cultures

Marco Mazza, Giovanni De Micheli, Cristina Boero, Sandro Carrara, Jacopo Olivo, Maria Antonietta Casulli, Lorenzo Foglia

Conventional pharmaceutical processes involving cell culture growth are generally taken under control with expensive and long laboratory tests performed by direct sampling to evaluate quality. This traditional and well-established approach is just partiall ...

Elsevier2014

Micro-fabrication of high-thickness spiral inductors for the remote powering of implantable biosensors

Giovanni De Micheli, Sandro Carrara, Jacopo Olivo

A micro-fabrication process is proposed to realize high-thickness spiral inductors for the remote powering of implantable biosensors through inductive link. The process is suitable for different substrates, such as silicon and Pyrex, and enables the fabric ...

Elsevier2014

Electronic Implants: Power Delivery and Management

Giovanni De Micheli, Sandro Carrara, Jacopo Olivo, Seyedeh Sara Ghoreishizadeh

A power delivery system for implantable biosensors is presented. The system, embedded into a skin patch and located directly over the implantation area, is able to transfer up to 15 mW wirelessly through the body tissues by means of an inductive link. The ...

2013

Remote Powering and Communication of Implantable Biosensors Through Inductive Link

Jacopo Olivo

Nowadays there is an increasing interest in the field of implantable biosensors. The possibility of real-time monitoring of the human body from inside paves the way to a large number of applications and offers wide opportunities for the future. Within this ...

EPFL2013

A Study of Multi-Layer Spiral Inductors for Remote Powering of Implantable Sensors

Giovanni De Micheli, Sandro Carrara, Jacopo Olivo

An approach based on multi-layer spiral inductors to remotely power implantable sensors is investigated. As compared to single-layer inductors having the same area, multi-layer printed inductors enable a higher efficiency (up to 35% higher) and voltage gai ...

Ieee-Inst Electrical Electronics Engineers Inc2013

New Approaches for Carbon Nanotubes-Based Biosensors and Their Application to Cell Culture Monitoring

Giovanni De Micheli, Cristina Boero, Sandro Carrara, Jacopo Olivo

Amperometric biosensors are complex systems and they require a combination of technologies for their development. The aim of the present work is to propose a new approach in order to develop nanostructured biosensors for the real-time detection of multiple ...

Ieee-Inst Electrical Electronics Engineers Inc2012

A Self-Contained System With CNTs-Based Biosensors for Cell Culture Monitoring

Giovanni De Micheli, Cristina Boero, Sandro Carrara, Jacopo Olivo

Biosensors have been applied to disparate fields, especially for endogenous compounds such as glucose and lactate. The main areas of application are certainly related to medical and diagnostic purposes. However, metabolic monitoring can be also of interest ...

2012

Fully Integrated Biochip Platforms for Advanced Healthcare

Catherine Dehollain, Giovanni De Micheli, Andrea Cavallini, Sandro Carrara, Jacopo Olivo, Irene Taurino, Camilla Baj-Rossi, Seyedeh Sara Ghoreishizadeh, Wayne Burleson

Recent advances in microelectronics and biosensors are enabling developments of innovative biochips for advanced healthcare by providing fully integrated platforms for continuous monitoring of a large set of human disease biomarkers. Continuous monitoring ...

Mdpi Ag2012

Energy Harvesting and Remote Powering for Implantable Biosensors

Giovanni De Micheli, Sandro Carrara, Jacopo Olivo

The paper reviews some popular techniques to harvest energy for implantable biosensors. For each technique, the advantages and drawbacks are discussed. Emphasis is placed to the inductive links, able to deliver power wirelessly through the biological tissu ...

Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers2011

Biofuel Cells and Inductive Powering as Energy Harvesting Techniques for Implantable Sensors

Giovanni De Micheli, Sandro Carrara, Jacopo Olivo

In order to increase the power autonomy of implantable sensors, energy harvesters can aid and, in certain cases, substitute implantable batteries. The paper describes two promising techniques among the approaches presented in literature: biofuel cells and ...

2011

Circuits Design and Nano-Structured Electrodes for Drugs Monitoring in Personalized Therapy

Giovanni De Micheli, Luca Benini, Andrea Cavallini, Sandro Carrara, Jacopo Olivo

Drug development and personalized therapy require accurate and frequent monitoring of the metabolic response by living tissues to treatments. In case of high risk side effects, e.g. therapies with interfering anti-cancer molecule cocktails, direct monitori ...

IEEE2008