Medical applications of conformai flexible antennas

Abstract

Flexible conformai antennas are developed for medical applications. The overall antenna thicknesses are thin and processed on flexible substrates. In addition to normal metallic antennas, slotted versions are developed so that they can be more flexible and cover wider frequency ranges. Various antenna configurations such as Composite Right/Left-Handed (CRLH), fractal, elongated circular and logarithmic spiral antennas were processed. Possible applications are listed.