Sensor on Nerve Fiber (IMAGE)

University of California - Berkeley

Sensor on Nerve Fiber

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An implantable, wireless sensor like this could allow real time monitoring of nerve or muscle activity anywhere in the body, using external ultrasound to power and read out voltages. In this photo, the sensor mote is attached to a peripheral nerve fiber of a rat.

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Ryan Neely, UC Berkeley

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