In the medical field, the need for remote monitoring of patients has always been an interesting topic. The development of implantable antenna is seen as a possibility to address this need. This device used 402-405Mhz Medical Implant Communications Service (MICS) frequency band and will be implanted inside a person’s body. It works by signaling any abnormalities on the person’s system like his heart rate, metabolism and the likes. Since its wireless, a doctor can easily monitor the patient remotely.

This research on implantable antenna (and perhaps other medical chip implants) may be drawing a lot of interest but it also creates questions to many people as to its would-be efficacy in providing data. More time to perfect this “grand idea” is required most especially since it deals with people’s health. If it will ever be formally introduced and used only time will tell but for now, the world can just hope for the best.

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