Flexible Bioelectronics (IMAGE)

Lemelson-MIT Program

Flexible Bioelectronics

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This image shows stretchable electronics mounted onto the elastic surface of a balloon catheter and inserted into the heart to map the electrical properties of cardiac tissue.

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Photo courtesy of the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

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