It could be packaged and purchased by patients and consumers.
requires bulky and specialized equipment only available in hospitals and accessible to medical professionals. Providing a non-invasive window into the workings of the body, ultrasound imaging imparts live images of a patient's internal organs. To capture these images, trained technicians manipulate
The current design requires connecting the stickers to instruments that translate the reflected sound waves into images. Even in their current form, the devices could be applied to patients in the hospital, and could continuously image internal organs without requiring a technician to hold a probe in place for long periods.
The device's sticky layer is made from two thin layers of elastomer with a middle layer of solid hydrogel, a mostly water-based material that easily transmits sound waves. Unlike traditional ultrasound gels, the MIT team’s hydrogel is elastic and stretchy." The elastomer prevents dehydration of hydrogel,” says Chen, an MIT postdoc.
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