Miniature pressure sensors for medical touch

ScienceDaily (Mar. 5, 2012) — A new kind of flexible, transparent pressure sensor, developed at the University of California, Davis, for use in medical applications, relies on a drop of liquid.

“There’s a large need for flexible sensors in biosensing,” stated Professor Tingrui Pan, who led the research project.

He and his colleagues used the sensor successfully in measuring the pulse in the human neck. The sensor also could be used in “smart gloves,” giving doctors an enhanced capability to measure the firmness of tissues and detect tumors, and in “smart contact lenses,” to monitor intraocular pressure without affecting vision.

Pan’s research paper — for which graduate students Baoqing Nie and Siyuan Xing and ophthalmology professor James Brandt served as co-authors — appeared in the December issue of the journal Lab on a Chip.

The National Science Foundation gave partial support to the project.

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