Continuing to further the progress between 3D printing and electronics within the medical field, authors Robert Herbert, Saswat Mishra, Hyo-Ryoung Lim, Hyoungsuk Yoo, and Woon-Hong Yeo explore a new method for creating stretchable, wireless electronics for monitoring blood flow to monitor and thus prevent cerebral aneurysms.

 

Details of their study are outlined in the recently published ‘ Fully Printed, Wireless, Stretchable Implantable Biosystem toward Batteryless, Real-Time Monitoring of Cerebral Aneurysm Hemodynamics ,’ explaining how their novel, optimized fabrication system allows for multilayer printing of a capacitance flow sensor which can be deployed by a catheter and then inserted into a blood vessel. AJP fabrication and material characterization. A) Illustration and image of AJP deposition of PI using a pneumatic atomizer (left). Enlarged view shows a printed PI trace (right). B) Overview of Ag deposition with an ultrasonic atomizer (left) and enlarged view of a patterned Ag on PI (right). […]

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