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Imec, Holst Centre Demonstrate Low-Power ECG-Acquisition Chip at ISSCC2014

Enables precise monitoring of the signal activity in a selected frequency band

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By: DAVID SAVASTANO

Editor, Ink World Magazine

At the recent International Solid State Circuits Conference (ISSCC2014), imec and Holst Centre, together with Olympus, demonstrated a low-power single channel implantable electrocardiography (ECG) acquisition chip with analog feature extraction, which enables precise monitoring of the signal activity in a selected frequency band. Leadless Pacemakers with ultra-small size and ultra-low power consumption are emerging, improving analysis and clinical research of the intra-cardiac rhythm, and as ...

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