A magnetic induction heating system with multi-cascaded coils and adjustable magnetic circuit for hyperthermia.

Based on the characteristics of cancer cells that cannot survive in an environment with temperature over 42 °C, a magnetic induction heating system for cancer treatment is developed in this work. First, the methods and analyses for designing the multi-cascaded coils magnetic induction hyperthermia system are proposed, such as internal impedance measurement of power generator, impedance matching of coils, and analysis of the system. Besides, characteristics of the system are simulated by a full-wave package for engineering optimization.

A warning system based on the RFID technology for running-out of injection fluid.

For providing an automatic warning system of running-out of injection fluid, RFID technology is applied in this work to propose an infrastructure with low cost to help nurses and patient's company. Specially, a RFID tag is designed and attached on a bag of intravenous drip to demonstrate the benefits in the present system. The main idea of this system is that, tag is disabled when the bag is not empty because of the EM loading due to the liquid contained.

Interdigitated electrodes based on impedance biosensor for sensing peptide LL-37.

An antimicrobial peptide, LL-37, is found in an innate defense system of humans. Patients who suffer urinary tract infection (UTI) will generate LL-37 and which is released into urine. LL-37 can be used as an indicator for the diagnosis of UTI.

Design and construction of a hyperthermia system with improved interaction of magnetic induction-heating.

For the applications of localized hyperthermia, an improved magnetic induction-heating system is described. The associated components of this system, for example, coils for generating magnetic field, magnetic circuit for flux path, and ferrite needles for generating heat by magnetic induction, all have been explained. An animal experiment of induction-heating hyperthermia for rat's liver is also carried out, and the consequent pathology of Hematoxylin and Eosin (H&E) stain and NADPH oxidase activity assay are also conducted for evaluation.