{"id":483142,"date":"2010-03-28T23:37:32","date_gmt":"2010-03-29T03:37:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gizmag.com\/implant-flexible-electronics\/14642\/"},"modified":"2010-03-28T23:37:32","modified_gmt":"2010-03-29T03:37:32","slug":"new-tissue-hugging-implants-using-flexible-electronics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/483142","title":{"rendered":"New tissue-hugging implants using flexible electronics"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gizmag.com\/pictures\/hero\/flexible-electronics.jpg\" alt=\"The flexible silicon technology used to create a new type of implantable device (Image: Da...\"><\/p>\n<p>Sure, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gizmag.com\/implantable-electronics\/13334\/\" >LED tattoos<\/a> might look cool, but now scientists have found an even better use for flexible silicon technology. In what represents the first use of such technology for a medical application a team of cardiologists, materials scientists, and bioengineers has created and tested a new type of implantable device for measuring the heart&#8217;s electrical output that the team says is a vast improvement over current devices and could also mark the beginning of a new wave of surgical electronics&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><b>Tags:<\/b> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gizmag.com\/tag\/electronics\/\" rel=\"tag\">Electronics<\/a>,<br \/>\n <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gizmag.com\/tag\/flexible\/\" rel=\"tag\">Flexible<\/a>,<br \/>\n <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gizmag.com\/tag\/heart\/\" rel=\"tag\">Heart<\/a>,<br \/>\n <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gizmag.com\/tag\/implant\/\" rel=\"tag\">Implant<\/a>,<br \/>\n <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gizmag.com\/tag\/medical\/\" rel=\"tag\">Medical<\/a>,<br \/>\n <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gizmag.com\/tag\/sensors\/\" rel=\"tag\">Sensors<\/a>,<br \/>\n <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gizmag.com\/tag\/silicon\/\" rel=\"tag\">Silicon<\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>Related Articles:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gizmag.com\/implantable-electronics\/13334\/\">Implantable Silicon-Silk electronics could mean LED tattoos<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gizmag.com\/portable-magnetometer-to-get-to-the-heart-of-the-matter\/14017\/\">Portable magnetometer to get to the heart of the matter<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gizmag.com\/cardiobip-pocket-sized-ecg-monitor\/14211\/\">CardioBip pocket-sized ECG monitor<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gizmag.com\/ventracor-the-heart-assist-machine-of-the-future\/2788\/\">Ventracor &#8211; the heart-assist machine of the future<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gizmag.com\/go\/7682\/\">Nanogenerator harvests energy from environmental sources<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gizmag.com\/self-healing-electronics\/12872\/\">Self-healing electronics using carbon nanotube-filled microcapsules<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/e9UQwAmdTREcvwNILY9G9EI45E0\/0\/da\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/e9UQwAmdTREcvwNILY9G9EI45E0\/0\/di\" border=\"0\" ismap=\"true\"><\/img><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/e9UQwAmdTREcvwNILY9G9EI45E0\/1\/da\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/e9UQwAmdTREcvwNILY9G9EI45E0\/1\/di\" border=\"0\" ismap=\"true\"><\/img><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"feedflare\">\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/GizmagEmergingTechnologyMagazine?a=VWxGqs4HFec:SoCViwwZRno:yIl2AUoC8zA\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/GizmagEmergingTechnologyMagazine?d=yIl2AUoC8zA\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/GizmagEmergingTechnologyMagazine?a=VWxGqs4HFec:SoCViwwZRno:H0mrP-F8Qgo\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/GizmagEmergingTechnologyMagazine?d=H0mrP-F8Qgo\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/GizmagEmergingTechnologyMagazine?a=VWxGqs4HFec:SoCViwwZRno:V_sGLiPBpWU\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/GizmagEmergingTechnologyMagazine?i=VWxGqs4HFec:SoCViwwZRno:V_sGLiPBpWU\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/GizmagEmergingTechnologyMagazine?a=VWxGqs4HFec:SoCViwwZRno:wF9xT3WuBAs\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/GizmagEmergingTechnologyMagazine?i=VWxGqs4HFec:SoCViwwZRno:wF9xT3WuBAs\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/GizmagEmergingTechnologyMagazine?a=VWxGqs4HFec:SoCViwwZRno:7Q72WNTAKBA\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/GizmagEmergingTechnologyMagazine?d=7Q72WNTAKBA\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a>\n<\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~r\/GizmagEmergingTechnologyMagazine\/~4\/VWxGqs4HFec\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sure, LED tattoos might look cool, but now scientists have found an even better use for flexible silicon technology. 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