A new all-in-one health monitoring patch attaches to the neck and can report consumer blood pressure, diabetes and other harmful ailments
- Engineers have designed an all-in-one health monitor that sits on the neck
- It is designed with a sheet of polymer and three sensors to capture data
- It monitors blood pressure, diabetes, sepsis detection and other harmful illnesses – data is sent to a computer program for health professionals
Engineers have developed a stretch piece of skin for a neck that provides all-in-one health check capabilities.
The innovation can monitor blood pressure, measure heart rate and glucose levels, but is the first to monitor cardiovascular symptoms and biochemical levels.
Designed by the University of California (UC) San Diego, the soft piece is a thin sheet of stretched polymers and equipped with blood pressure and chemical sensors.
Lu Yin, Ph.D. A student at UC San Diego and co-author of the study said: ‘This type of treatment would be very helpful for people with underlying health conditions to monitor their own health on a regular basis. ‘
‘It would also be a good tool for remote patient monitoring, especially when the COVID-19 pandemic is at a disadvantage when people reduce clinic visits.’
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Engineers have developed a stretch skin patch for neck that provides all-in-one health check capabilities. The device can monitor blood pressure, measure heart rate and glucose levels, but is the first to monitor cardiovascular symptoms and biochemical levels.
Jack seems to be all about skin, as he can monitor blood pressure, diabetes, detect sepsis and other harmful diseases.
Researchers believe the patch can benefit both in-hospital and out-of-hospital patients.
For those in intensive care, the wearable will end up for multiple monitoring devices and those at home will allow health care professionals to monitor levels without patients staying at a facility.
Joseph Wang, professor of nanoengineering at UC San Diego and corresponding author of the study, said: ‘The new thing here is that we are taking completely different sensors and combining them on one small platform. as small as a stamp. ‘
One of the chemical sensors measures levels of lactate, caffeine and alcohol in sweat. And the latter accumulates glucose levels in interstitial fluid
‘We can gather as much information with this wearable one and do so in a non-aggressive manner, without causing discomfort or disruption to daily activity. ‘
The patch is designed to sit on the neck, as this area of the body provides the best reading with a blood pressure sensor and two chemical sensors.
The blood pressure sensor sits near the center of the baby and the chemical sensors are printed directly on the piece using directional ink
‘Theoretically, we can find all of them at once, but that would require a different sense design,’ said Yin, who is also a Ph.D. student in Wang’s laboratory.
The blood pressure sensor sits near the center of the baby and the chemical sensors are printed directly on the piece using directional ink.
The blood pressure sensor, which consists of a pair of small ultrasound transducers that kick ultrasound waves off an artery and measure the reversal waves to work out blood pressure.
One of the chemical sensors measures levels of lactate, caffeine and alcohol in sweat.
And the latter accumulates glucose levels in interstitial fluid.
The patch is designed to sit on the neck, as this area of the body provides the best reading with a blood pressure sensor and two chemical sensors
The team is already working on a new version of the patch, one with even more sensors.
There are opportunities to monitor other biomarkers associated with various diseases. We are looking to add more clinical value to this tool, ‘said Sempionatto.
Continuous work also involves deactivating the electronics for the blood pressure sensor.
Currently, the sensor needs to be connected to a power source and a benchtop device to display its readings.
The ultimate goal is to put all of these on the patch and do everything wirelessly.
‘We want to make a complete system that is full of consumption,’ said Lin.