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New Array of Brain Sensors Could Aid Neurosurgeons in the Treatment of Brain Tumors

Researchers establish a novel array of brain sensors that can sophisticatedly record electrical brain signals in record-breaking detail.

20 Jan 2022

New Array of Sensors can Record Brain Signals at High Resolution

A team of engineers, surgeons and medical researchers has published data from both humans and rats demonstrating that a new array of brain sensors can record electrical signals directly from the surface of the human brain in record-breaking detail.

20 Jan 2022

3D-Printed Spine Replica and Soft Magnetic Sensor Array Enable Surgeons to Preview the Effects of Surgery

Degenerative disc disease affects about 40 percent of people aged 40, increasing to about 80 percent among those aged 80 or older. The disease, which is the deterioration of one or more intervertebral discs of the spine, often is surgically treated with cervical disc implants.

20 Jan 2022

Researchers Build Blood Pressure Monitoring Device Using Two Photoplethysmography Sensors

Regular monitoring of a person’s blood pressure can help health care specialists with early detection of a range of health problems such as high blood pressure, which has no symptoms or warning signs.

5 Jan 2022

Study Presents World’s Tiniest Microcatheter with Sensor, Actuator Functions

In minimally invasive surgeries, catheters play a major role and facilitate interventions like insertion of implants, blood clot removal, or targeted administration of drugs. They are meant to be specifically mild on patients.

24 Dec 2021

Sensor Based on Quantum Effects may Offer Faster, Accurate Detection of Covid-19 Virus

A novel approach to testing for the presence of the virus that causes Covid-19 may lead to tests that are faster, less expensive, and potentially less prone to erroneous results than existing detection methods.

22 Dec 2021

Common Cochlear Implants as Electrochemical Sensors

The cochlear implant (CI) is the most successful neural prosthesis worldwide. Thanks to direct stimulation of the auditory nerve, it enables more than half a million people worldwide to hear, even though those affected were born deaf or deafened.

22 Dec 2021

New Aptasensor Detects SARS-CoV-2 Virus More Quickly, Cheaply than PCR Tests

Scientists at the Universidad Carlos III de Madrid (UC3M) have developed the first photo-electrochemical aptasensor that detects the SARS-CoV-2 virus in a saliva sample.

21 Dec 2021

New Smartwatch Sensor Could Assist Individuals with Opioid Use Disorder

A group of researchers including a University of Massachusetts Amherst computer scientist has been bestowed with a $1.1 million grant to further improve a smartwatch sensor engineered to support the long-term recovery of individuals with opioid use disorder (OUD).

10 Dec 2021

Study Analyzes Whether Wearable Lactate Sensors can be Useful in Sports Physiology

There is a vast range of options for wearable lactate sensors for sports and fitness, but there has been no advance in the awareness of this nascent technology - the debate still remains over the benefit of monitoring lactate in sweat.

28 Oct 2021

Medical Sensor News

New Array of Brain Sensors Could Aid Neurosurgeons in the Treatment of Brain Tumors

New Array of Sensors can Record Brain Signals at High Resolution

3D-Printed Spine Replica and Soft Magnetic Sensor Array Enable Surgeons to Preview the Effects of Surgery

Researchers Build Blood Pressure Monitoring Device Using Two Photoplethysmography Sensors

Study Presents World’s Tiniest Microcatheter with Sensor, Actuator Functions

Sensor Based on Quantum Effects may Offer Faster, Accurate Detection of Covid-19 Virus

Common Cochlear Implants as Electrochemical Sensors

New Aptasensor Detects SARS-CoV-2 Virus More Quickly, Cheaply than PCR Tests

New Smartwatch Sensor Could Assist Individuals with Opioid Use Disorder

Study Analyzes Whether Wearable Lactate Sensors can be Useful in Sports Physiology

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