{"id":30723,"date":"2016-10-03T17:44:12","date_gmt":"2016-10-04T00:44:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2016\/10\/smarter-thread"},"modified":"2017-04-25T19:52:56","modified_gmt":"2017-04-26T02:52:56","slug":"smarter-thread","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2016\/10\/smarter-thread","title":{"rendered":"Smarter thread"},"content":{"rendered":"

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I never get tired in circuitry thread and any new findings.<\/p>\n

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\nTufts University<\/a> engineers say that revolutionary health diagnostics may be hanging on a thread\u2014one of many threads they have created that integrate nano-scale sensors, electronics and microfluidics into threads ranging from simple cotton to sophisticated synthetics. \u201cWe think thread-based devices could potentially be used as smart sutures for surgical implants, smart bandages to monitor wound healing, or integrated with textile or fabric as personalized health monitors and point-of-care diagnostics,\u201d says Sameer Sonkusale, Ph.D., director of the interdisciplinary Nano Lab in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Tufts School of Engineering, Medford\/Somerville, Mass.<\/p>\n

Researchers dipped a variety of conductive threads in physical and chemical sensing compounds and connected them to wireless electronic circuitry. The threads, sutured into tissues of rats, collected data on tissue health (pressure, stress, strain and temperature), pH and glucose levels. The data helps determine how wounds are healing, whether infection is emerging or whether the body\u2019s chemistry is out of balance. Thread\u2019s natural wicking properties draw fluids to the sensing compounds. Resulting data is transmitted wirelessly to a cell phone and computer.<\/p>\n

To date, substrates for implantable devices have been two-dimensional, expensive and difficult to process, making them suitable for flat tissue, such as skin, but not for organs. \u201cBy contrast, thread is abundant, inexpensive, thin and flexible, and can be easily manipulated into complex shapes,\u201d says Pooria Mostafalu, Ph.D., postdoctoral research fellow with the Harvard-MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology and former Tufts doctoral student.<\/p>\n

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