RFID-Enhanced Surgical Tool Interfacing
J. Wessteijn (TU Delft - Electrical Engineering, Mathematics and Computer Science)
G. Vriesman (TU Delft - Electrical Engineering, Mathematics and Computer Science)
S. Klappe (TU Delft - Electrical Engineering, Mathematics and Computer Science)
M. Mastrangeli – Mentor (TU Delft - Electrical Engineering, Mathematics and Computer Science)
A.J. van der Veen – Graduation committee member (TU Delft - Electrical Engineering, Mathematics and Computer Science)
B. Kölling – Graduation committee member (Slam Orthopedic)
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Abstract
This report entails the design process and development of an RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) system that must serve as a user interface for a surgical tool developed by SLAM Orthopedic. The goal of the user interface is to allow a surgeon to make selections as input for the surgical tool. The RFID interface is specifically designed to fit into the device, which leads to several design constraints like power consumption and size. The RFID system uses a coil antenna which was tuned for a specific frequency with the help of a Vector Network Analyser and Smith Charts. A prototype for the system was made but not finalised, however, results of the tuning process and research on RFID technology showed that an RFID system could be a promising interface for this surgical tooling.