Band-Aid-like Wearable Shunt Monitor (IMAGE)

Northwestern University

Band-Aid-like Wearable Shunt Monitor

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A woman wears this soft and flexible groundbreaking new sensor, developed by the Rogers Research Group at Northwestern University, which uses measurements of temperature and heat transfer to non-invasively tell if and how much fluid is flowing through a shunt in a hydrocephalus patient. In the study, the skin sensor allowed hydrocephalus patients to see within five minutes of placing it on their skin if there was flow through their shunt.

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