A newly developed, stretchy nanotech pavement for the skin uses ultrasound to monitor blood flow to important organs. The developers have installed a technology that can reach deep in the body of a person through the large arteries and veins. It is important for the doctors to know how fast and how much blood flows through the blood vessels of a patient. So you can do a better oneDiagnosis of various cardiovascular diseases.. These include blood clots, heart valve problems, poor blood circulation in the limbs or constipation in the arteries. Such problems can often lead to strokes or myocardial infarction.
Monitoring device on the skin in the form of nanotech plaster
The new technology monitors blood flow as well as blood pressure and heart function in real time. The wearing of such a device could accordingly make it easier for people to recognize cardiovascular problems at an early stage. The nanotech patch can be worn on the neck or on the chest. The special thing about it is that it can not grasp and measure signals up to 14 centimeters deep in the body. And with high accuracy. This type of portable devices can give a more comprehensive and more precise picture of what is going on in deep tissues and critical organs such as the heart and the brain, from the surface of the skin. Another innovative feature of the pavement is that the ultrasound can be tilted in different angles and leased to body areas. It consists of a thin film made of flexible, stretchy polymer that sticks on the skin. There is a embedded series of millimeter-sized ultrasound walls known as ultrasound-phased array.
Both central organs and blood flow can be monitored with high resolution. This would not be possible with just one fleet, according to the engineers. When the ultrasound waves penetrate a large blood vessel, they encounter the movement of the red blood cells flowing there. This movement changes or shifts the echo of the ultrasound waves to the pavement. This shift can then create a visual recording of the blood flow. The same mechanism could provide moving images of the heat. Simply glue on the skin and then read the signals. It is not dependent on the operator and does not represent a technician and clinician or patient additional work or burden. The developers and authorsthis new studyHowever, also point out that the pavement still has a long way to go for the clinic.
