Xiaoyue Ni Flex (IMAGE)

Duke University

Xiaoyue Ni Flex

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Professor Xiaoyue Ni flexes her arm while wearing a prototype of the new tissue stiffness sensor. The device could underpin a wide array of medical applications such as the monitoring of wound healing, chronic conditions like skin cancer, fluid management during resuscitation efforts and muscle rehabilitation.

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Bill Snead/Duke University

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