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Wrapped around this cardiac balloon catheter are temperature and EKG sensors and LEDs. The wires are stretchable coils.

It is manufactured with a lift-off MEMS process. The etched silicon is then stretched and attached to a polymer backing. Silicon usage is minimized over the substrate and the ensemble is quite flexible, to survive inflation and deflation of the balloon.

5 responses to “Stretchable Electronics”

  1. jurvetson Avatar
    jurvetson

    And from Nature Materials, some of the labels:
    Screen Shot 2012-05-05 at 2.02.02 PM

    Here is another example of stretchable electronics from the Rogers Research Group at the U of Illinois.

    And more photos from Google’s Solve for X

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  2. msamaclean © Avatar
    msamaclean ©

    Very interesting, indeed!
    I had to do my research on the latest in carotid artery cerebral aneurysm bypass by minimally invasive cath placement of the new Pipeline stent…& I’m here to say, glad I did my homework! I’m wondering how these monitoring electronics could be useful in a cerebral application?
    here

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  3. solerena Avatar
    solerena

    I think I need one on my neck…

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  4. seatonsnet Avatar
    seatonsnet

    Thought for the day: http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2012/may/06/sms-text-messag...

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  5. Jim Rees Avatar
    Jim Rees

    Wow, things have changed since I was in the bioengineering biz 30 years ago. Pretty soon Raquel Welch will be piloting a submarine down my carotid artery.

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