
An all-in-one health monitor
Engineers have developed a skin patch that can continuously track blood pressure and heart rate while measuring the wearer’s levels of glucose as well as lactate.
Engineers have developed a skin patch that can continuously track blood pressure and heart rate while measuring the wearer’s levels of glucose as well as lactate.
Researchers have developed a new form of electronics known as “drawn-on-skin electronics,” allowing multifunctional sensors and circuits to be drawn on the skin with an ink pen.
Researchers have demonstrated that their technique can stop the catheter at the right target and identify the source type with a 95.25 percent success rate.
Nanotech-powered electrodes help solve the challenges of using sweat to assess biological conditions in real time.
By drawing in a bit of sweat, a patch developed in the lab of Alberto Salleo can reveal how much cortisol a person is producing. Cortisol is known as the stress hormone but is involved in many important physiological functions.
A sweat-collecting patch has been developed using the principle based on how the cactus spines attract water.
A process turns clothing fabric into biosensors which measure a muscle’s electrical activity as it is worn.
Purdue University engineers and physIQ have developed a viral detection algorithm for smartwatches.
Electronic skins will play a significant role in monitoring, personalized medicine, prosthetics, and robotics.
Engineers have developed a new type of wearable device that is 3D printed to custom fit the wearer.
The microneedles pierce the biofilm layer of a wound and deliver the medicine to oxygenate the tissue.
A 3D printed microneedle vaccine patch delivers stronger immune response than a vaccine shot.
Graphene represents incredible opportunities for advancement in many fields, including medical science.
A flexible carbon nanotube fibers can be incorporated into clothing to function as wearable health monitors.
Scientists have invented a smart device for personalized skin care modeled after the male diving beetle.
Researchers have developed gel patches from a 3D printer that can be activated individually.
A 3D printing ink based on sunflower pollen could be used to fabricate parts useful for tissue engineering and drug delivery.
Bioengineers have developed biocompatible generators that create electrical pulses when compressed by body motions.
Future brain-computer interface systems employ a network of independent, wireless microscale neural sensors to record and stimulate brain activity.
Engineers have designed a strong, biocompatible glue that can seal injured tissues and stop bleeding.
A new material that combines the flexibility of human skin with improved conductivity and tolerance of temperatures as low as -93 C.
This overview introduces smart insulin delivery systems and more innovations that help patients and doctors guide decision-making in diabetes care.
Bioprinted 3D cardiac patches could reverse scar formation and promote myocardial regeneration after heart attacks.
Engineers developed a soft and stretchy ultrasound patch that can be worn on the skin to monitor blood flow through major arteries and veins deep inside a person’s body.
Imec uses an ultrasound sensor to measure the central pulse wave velocity, to determine arterial stiffness, and monitoring blood pressure.
Engineers have developed a sweat-proof “smart skin” — a conformable, sensor-embedded sticky patch that reliably monitors a person’s health.
Digital twins enable customized medical therapies. Researchers have modeled several hundred avatars based on real people and treated them experimentally.
Researchers are developing a microneedle patch that delivers antibiotics directly into the affected skin area.
Researchers have developed a specially designed hydrogel that works against all types of bacteria, including antibiotic-resistant ones.
Researchers suggest using microneedles for immunotherapy due to the high abundance of immune cells under the skin. The aim is to vaccinate or treat different diseases with minimal invasiveness.
Researchers have developed a device that offers a less invasive way to seal tears and holes in blood vessels, using an electrically-activated glue patch applied via a minimally invasive balloon catheter.
Scientists have developed a new generation of microneedles technology which allows the intradermal delivery of living cells in a minimally invasive manner.
Engineers at Duke University have developed the world's first fully recyclable printed electronics.
Researchers have developed ultrathin self-powered health patches that can monitor a user's pulse and blood pressure, which may lead to new flexible motion-based energy harvesting devices.
Scientists have developed AI-powered nanosensors that let researchers track various kinds of biological molecules without disturbing them.
COVID-19 can be diagnosed in 55 minutes or less with the help of programmed magnetic nanobeads and a diagnostic tool that plugs into an off-the-shelf cellphone.
Researchers have developed a biobattery-powered device capable of both delivering large molecule pharmaceuticals across the skin barrier and extracting interstitial fluid for diagnostic purposes.
Scientists have developed a new preparation technique that could reduce the redness and itching caused by the trapped sweat beneath them.
Covestro has developed a concept for wearable smart patches in cooperation with its partner accensors.
Engineers have developed a wearable sensing chip that can measure the concentration of cortisol – the stress hormone – in human sweat.
Researchers are developing an oxygen-sensing patch printed on a flexible, disposable bandage that could enable remote monitoring for the early detection of illnesses.
The patch, which can be folded around surgical tools, may someday be used in robotic surgery to repair tissues and organs.
By downscaling the needles tool to micrometer-size, researchers open even more areas of application for them, while bypassing some of the most important issues.
Engineers have developed a microneedle patch that can be applied to the skin, capture a biomarker of interest and, thanks to its unprecedented sensitivity, allow clinicians to detect its presence.
Microneedle patches could provide a means for extracting interstitial fluid to study possible new biomarkers.
Researchers have developed a new AI platform that detects COVID-19 by analyzing X-ray images of the lungs.
Researchers at Rice University have developed a microneedle patch that can rapidly detect the presence of malaria in interstitial fluid.
A wearable electronic device that’s 'really wearable” - a stretchy and fully-recyclable circuit board - can heal itself, much like real skin.
A novel e-skin, called TRACE, performs five times better than conventional soft materials. It is suitable for measuring blood flow for pulse diagnosis and helping robots to 'feel' the texture of surfaces.
Researchers have developed rubbery a bioelectronic implantable device that can monitor and treat heart diseases.
Xsensio has been awarded CHF 1.8 million in EU funding to adapt its Lab-on-Skin sensing patches so that they can detect when a viral illness like the flu or COVID-19 is about to get worse.
Researchers have developed a microneedle patch for monitoring glucose levels using a paper sensor.
Artificial intelligence is developing at an enormous speed and intelligent instruments will profoundly change surgery and medical interventions.
Researchers have developed a wearable solution that allows a patient to receive treatment of antibiotic-resistant infections and woundswithout leaving home.
Scientists have developed a wearable device that can accurately assess blood loss by measuring seismic vibrations in the chest cavity.
Scientists have showed that applying "temporal pressure" to the skin of mice can create a new way to deliver drugs.
Scientist are developing a patch that monitors the sweat of high performance athletes for medical information.
Researchers have developed a method to power medical implants using an active photonic wireless system.
Researchers have developed biomaterial-based inks that respond to and quantify chemicals released from the body or in the surrounding environment by changing color.
Researchers have developed a device to monitor health conditions in the body using a person’s sweat.
The Fraunhofer IBMT is developing the miniaturized ultrasound system for automated monitoring of bladder irrigation.
Scientists at Purdue University have developed a skin patch that can deliver chemotherapy into melanoma tumors in an effective and painless way.
A deep learning powered single-strained electronic skin sensor can capture human motion from a distance.
Researchers take a step closer to 3D printing living tissues in patients as they develop a specially-formulated bio-ink designed for printing directly in the body.
Using soft robotic materials, scientists created a high-fidelity respiratory simulator that represents the interplay between between the diaphragm, abdomen and lungs.
Researchers have developed a microneedle patch to deliver mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) into the skin.
Pathologists who examined the computationally stained images could not tell them apart from traditionally stained slides.
Researchers have developed a wearable, non invasive Vitamin C sensor that could provide a new, highly personalized option for users to track their daily nutritional intake and dietary adherence.
A wearable smart patch will deliver precision data to help people personalise their diets and reduce their risk of developing lifestyle-related chronic diseases like Type 2 diabetes.
A way to incorporate electronic sensors into stretchy fabrics allows scientists to create shirts or other garments that could be used to monitor vital signs such as temperature, respiration, and heart rate.
Researchers used a skin cream infused with microscopic particles, named STAR particles, for therapy of Skin diseases
A wearable sensor could help doctors remotely detect critical changes in heart failure patients days before a health crisis occurs and could prevent hospitalization.
Bioengineers have developed a prototype patch that does the same job as crucial aspects of heart tissue.
Researchers have developed a smart insulin-delivery patch that could one day monitor and manage glucose levels in people with diabetes and deliver the necessary insulin dosage.
Researchers have developed a patch-based health diagnosis sensor system that is easily attached to skin, like a band aid.
Smart shirt includes health care applications such as the ability to monitor blood pressure, electrical activity of the heart and the level of skin hydration.
An AI has successfully found features in pathology images from human cancer patients, without annotation, that could be understood by human doctors.
NanoEDGE research project aims at converging production techniques for functionalized electrodes with expertise in nanomaterial fabrication and characterization.
At the start of 2019 the EU project ELSAH began with the objective of designing a wearable within four years that enables the continuous determination of biomarker concentrations.
An algorithm did better than experts radiologists at finding tiny brain hemorrhages in head scans — an advance that one day may help doctors treat patients with strokes.
Scientists have successfully used microneedle biosensors to accurately detect changes in antibiotic levels in the body, for the first time.
The first demonstration of a fully print-in-place electronics technique is gentle enough to work on surfaces as delicate as human skin and paper.
Coated pill carries microneedles that deliver insulin and other drugs to the lining of the small intestine; they usually have to be injected.
An AI tool identified breast cancer with approximately 90 percent accuracy when combined with analysis by radiologists.
Scientists created a 3D printed a wearable kirigami sensor patch for shoulders that could improve injury recovery and athletic training.
Researchers have found a way to use graphene to make flexible photodetectors to measure heart rate, blood oxygen concentration, and breathing rate.
Scientists have developed a new wearable sensors that can provide real-time measurements of sweat rate and electrolytes and metabolites in sweat.
The active adhesive dressings speed up wound healing based on heat-responsive hydrogels that are mechanically active and antimicrobial.
Scientists have developed a robot that looks and moves like a jellyfish; the aim is for Jellyfishbot to be applied in the treatment of cancer.
Machine enhanced humans – or cyborgs as they are known in science fiction – could be one step closer to becoming a reality.
Researchers have have developed a multifaceted measuring technology that is able to detect a number of conditions in the human body.
Researchers have "printed" the world's first 3D vascularised engineered heart using a patient's own cells and biological materials.
Researchers have developed pajamas embedded with self-powered sensors that provide unobtrusive and continuous monitoring of heartbeat, breathing and sleep posture.
Researchers report on a technique for administering contraceptive hormones through special backings on jewelry such as earrings, wristwatches, rings or necklaces.
The clinical trial to determine whether a smartwatch app that analyzes pulse-rate data can screen for a heart-rhythm disorder has enrolled more than 400,000 participants.
Wireless body sensors could replace the tangle of wire-based sensors that currently monitor babies in hospitals’ NICU and pose a barrier to parent-baby cuddling and physical bonding.
Using graphene, a company has developed a fitness band to measure heart rate, hydration, oxygen saturation, breathing rate and temperature.
Transforming super-sensitive touch sensors, engineers and medical researchers build a way to wirelessly monitor blood flow after surgery.
According to researchers in Sweden, a microneedle patch prototype proved to be a more comfortable and reliable blood-sugar monitoring system for people with diabetes.
Scientists created a flexible ultrasonic patch that non-invasively monitors the blood pressure in major vessels such as the jugular vein and carotid artery.
“The digital transformation will make healthcare even more human. It will enable us to provide preventive and personalized healthcare,” says Prof. Dr. Koen Kas, Professor of Oncology at Ghent University, Belgium.
Scientists have created a non-invasive, adhesive patch, which promises the measurement of glucose levels through the skin without a finger-prick blood test.
Wireless real-time monitoring could add precision to the linkage between diet and health.