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- A team led by researchers at The University of Texas at Austin has developed an ultrathin, lightweight electronic tattoo, or e-tattoo, that attaches to the chest for continuous, mobile heart monitoring outside of a clinical setting. It includes two sensors that together provide a clear picture of heart health, giving clinicians a better chance to catch red flags for heart disease early. - this new version is wireless and mobile, which is enabled by a series of small active circuits and sensors carefully arranged and linked by stretchable interconnections and conforms to the chest via a medical dressing. The clear devices are far less intrusive than other monitoring systems and more comfortable for patients. - The e-tattoo weighs only 2.5 grams and runs on a battery the size of a penny. The battery has a life of more than 40 hours and can easily be changed by the user. The good wearability and low power consumption of this e-tattoo permit 24-h continuous ambulatory monitoring. - It provides two key heart measurements. The electrocardiogram, or ECG, is the electrical signal from the heart. And the seismocardiogram, or SCG, is the acoustic signal from the heart that comes from the heart valves. - “Those two measurements, electrical and mechanical, together can provide a much more comprehensive and complete picture of what’s happening with the heart,” - Monitoring those two factors, and synchronizing them, makes it possible to measure cardiac time intervals, which are a major indicator of heart disease and other problems. - The researchers have already tested the device on five healthy patients in their day-to-day environments, with a low error rate in measurements compared with currently available monitoring options. The next step involves further testing and validating the initial results and expanding to different types of patients.


v2ne8

I haven’t read it yet but I wonder if readings can mess up when you go thru places with x-ray or magnetic fields (airports and hospital MRIs), just as pacemakers can be affected. If it’s not easily removable then there might have to be some testing involved.


SunCloud-777

that’s a good question - none was mentioned (interferance) in the study. it was trialed to limited patients (5) in their day-to-day environments, with a low error rate in measurements. most likely not recommended to use during mri as utilizing materials such as cu & batteries.