An analog core computing the center of pressure in in a knee replacement prosthesis

Cyril Lahuec (1, 2) , Matthieu Arzel (1, 2)

1 Lab-STICC_TB_CACS_IAS
2 ELEC - Département Electronique

Predicting the lifespan of a knee prosthesis can be done by computing the force distribution, represented by the center of pressure (COP), onto the tibial part of the implant. The COP can be computed in-vivo by means of a telemetry system. The feasibility of such a telemetry system has been shown using a digital computing core. both the complexity and the power consumption can be reduced using an analog core to compute the COP. The core is 10 times smaller than its digital counterpart. Only the value of the computed COP needs to be converted into digital. These result in a reduced power consumption of 5.5%. The current-mode computing core has been designed and simulated for a 0.35um CMOS process

Mots clés: Circuit analogique; Biomedical telemetry; Cmos

Domaines: Electronique

Cyril Lahuec, Matthieu Arzel. An analog core computing the center of pressure in in a knee replacement prosthesis. IEEE NEWCAS 2011: IEEE 9th International conference on New Circuits and Systems Conference, Jun 2011, Bordeaux, France. pp.105 - 108, ⟨10.1109/NEWCAS.2011.5981230⟩. ⟨hal-00624136⟩