WAVEGUIDE ANTENNA Enables Bone-Repair Solution

摘要

ANTENNAS HAVE been used in a range of medical applications for biotelemetry, diagnosis, and treatment purposes. Now, a slotted waveguide antenna is at the heart of a proposed method for repairing bones and solving growth problems. Part of an implant, this wireless battery system is the work of Ian Griggs from Echidna Surgical Solution Pty. Ltd. (Victoria, Australia) togedier with Parisa Zakavi and Nemai Chandra Karmakar from Australia's Monash University. This slotted waveguide antenna was devised for an intramedullary nail called the Echidna Pin. That pin