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FCC Proposes Medical Usage Around 450MHz

Published Monday, March 23, 2009

Washington - Mar 20, 2009 - The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) proposed to allocate spectrum and adopt service and technical rules for the utilization of new implanted medical devices that would expand the use of functional electric stimulation to restore sensation, mobility and function to paralyzed limbs and organs. These implanted neuromuscular microstimulators would function as wireless broadband medical micro-power networks (MMNs) within a patient. By eliminating the wires now used to interconnect multiple implanted neuromuscular microstimulators and the external power source for the implants, MMNs would reduce the risk of infection and increase patient mobility ...

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