
Over the recent years, there has
been an upsurge in the market for wearable electronic devices. Japanese based
biomedical engineers have developed a flexible, biocompatible, adhesive gel
patch.
The gel patch has the capacity to
sense the internal and the external electrophysiological biological signals.
The adhesive fixes a fine network of detectors to the surface even when it is
not static, for ex: an internal organ or a joint. A thin sheet of plastic is
printed with a range of sensors that are 4 mm apart. The detector obtains
reading from this sensor and the accuracy of the readings depends upon the
sensors. The outcome of all this is a flexible patch, which fits in the palm.
It can accommodate up to 144 sensors.
The adhesive gel patch - as it is called - is still in the preclinical testing stage promises a comfortable, long-term, classy biometric medical device. Also it can be used internally as well as externally.
Source: Medindia
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