A flexible and soft sensor developed by two American universities can function as a continuous ECG in addition to a pacemaker. Photo courtesy of Northwestern and George Washington University
Washington: Scientists have created a flexible, wireless monitor implant the size of a postage stamp that will automatically turn off after taking a heart condition or treating it.
The most important function of this tiny patch is that it is itself a pacemaker that regulates the heartbeat. Secondly, it can tell what is wrong by examining the whole heart. However, it depends on where it is implanted as it can stick to any part of the heart.
Above all, it does not need to be extracted and after doing its work, it dissolves in the body and is wasted. It is jointly developed by Northwestern and George Washington University. It does its job and ends within weeks or months under the program.
The patch is about the size of a postage stamp with rows of sensors. However, it is many times better than a pacemaker because it continues to send its information and data outside the body. This information makes it easier for doctors to make decisions.
Its most important objective is that deaths occur after heart surgery and acute heart attacks. It is important to review this situation. This patch may be ideal for this task as electrical activity can be noted by sticking it to different points of the heart. As if you can call it a 24-hour ECG.
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