Advances in new technologies are becoming more and more useful in the field of health. Researchers at Seoul National University are currently working on a high-tech patch able to monitor muscle tremors associated with Parkinson’s and epilepsy. The results of this study were published by the journal Nature Nanotechnology.
Thanks to its flexible sensors, it is flexible and elastic, while having an integrated memory. It can be placed on the skin, heart and brain. Equipped with nanosensors, gold and chromium nanowires, and silica nanoparticles, the patch could also deliver the appropriate treatment for the disease by diffusing molecules through the skin. The data is stored and compared, allowing the patch to determine when the patient needs their medication.
Technically, nanosensors monitor muscle movements, nanowires monitor temperature, and nanoparticles hold back molecules, which are released when the nanowires are heated. At the moment, this device is equipped with a power source and a transmitter, but researchers are working to build a wireless model. The goal is to make patients perfectly independent and autonomous.
