Release date: 2014-04-08 Source: Technology Daily ZHEJIANG SHENDASIAO MEDICAL INSTRUMENT CO.,LTD. , https://www.shendasiaomed.com
Scientists have predicted that 2014 will become the "year of the outbreak of wearable devices", and wearable technology will also lead a new wave of mobile innovation. The voice has not fallen, and a major innovation in the field is coming. The British "Nature" magazine website reported on March 31 (Beijing time) a wearable device developed by American scientists, which is as thin as ordinary band-aid, not only can be stored and transmitted locally, but also related to the movement of patients. The data can also receive diagnostic information and deliver the drug to the patient's skin.
Scientists have been hoping to create a slim, wearable device that can capture and store medical information while also applying medication to patients based on information provided by the data, but this has proven to be a difficult goal because To do this requires a large amount of electronic equipment and storage space, and consumes a lot of power; in addition, there is currently no mechanism for delivering drugs through the skin. However, the latest research has found a solution. In the latest issue of Nature Nanotechnology, the researchers said that the latest device is the first device to store information and deliver drugs, and for the first time it has focused on monitoring and treating patients. This technology may help patients with sports disorders such as Parkinson's disease and epilepsy in the future.
In the development of the latest devices, the researchers used a variety of different and scalable nanosensors, including sensors that detect temperature and motion; and anti-resistive random access memory (RAM) for storing data. Micro heater. The research collaborator, Lu Nanxun, a mechanics engineer at the University of Texas at Austin, said that they stacked these sensors and drugs on a surface that simulates skin softness and sensitivity, resulting in this intelligence. Band-Aid, which contains a piece of equipment about 4 cm long, 2 cm wide, and 0.003 mm thick.
The researchers said: "The latest equipment overcomes the limitations of traditional wearable devices, improves the softness of the device; improves the quality of the data and can also prescribe the right medicine." Tests show that when this "band-aid" is worn on the wrist, It measures and records muscle activity, and the recorded data then triggers the release of the drug as appropriate. However, scientists have also pointed out that this "band-aid" currently has a flaw, that is, it can only work when connected to the power supply and data transmission equipment, and the power supply and data transmission equipment should be made compact and soft. According to a report by the Physicist Network on March 30, Jin Daheng, another collaborator of the study and the Korea Nanoparticle Research Center, said: "In the future, wireless devices may also be integrated into this wearable device. Medium so that it can work independently."
Although the editor-in-chief is more attractive than the famous relatives such as Google Glass, Samsung Gear Watch, and jawbone up bracelet, this “band-aid†is not noticeable in the wearable device family, but I think this is just temporary. Its sexy and intimate temperament will lead the future development of this "Gao Da" family. Sexy is from its thinness - the wind is cool, the picture is fresh, the comfort is the king. Skin-like closeness is obviously not comparable to wearing some strips on the body. Intimate because it is for you to "dose water" - especially for those who need long-term medication, a "housekeeper" who automatically delivers medicines into the body on time every day is definitely more than a hundred times more than an alarm clock. (Author: Liu Xia)