Combined with its thin design and stretchable properties, this patch could pave the way for continuous, non-invasive cardiac monitoring.” “This innovative ultrasound device gives critical insight about the heart in real time, providing clinicians with detailed, actionable cardiac information. “While existing wearable patches in development can capture things like heart rate and blood pressure, they are not designed to provide in-depth information about heart function,” said Randy King, Ph.D., a program director in the Division of Applied Science & Technology at NIBIB. The prototype ultrasound patch was reported today in Nature. What’s more, the imager can be worn during exercise, providing valuable cardiac information when the heart is under stress. The patch, which is about the size of a postage stamp, has comparable performance to a commercial ultrasound device. Credit: Xu laboratory at UCSD.Īfter years of research, an NIH-funded team has developed a wearable cardiac ultrasound imager that can non-invasively capture real-time images of the human heart for an extended period of time. Photographs of the wearable ultrasound patch highlight its flexible and stretchable properties. Improvements in diagnostic technologies could help catch heart disease in earlier stages, potentially preventing numerous deaths. Diagnosis for heart disease remains a challenge, as most methods only provide a snapshot of cardiac function, which may not be representative of overall heart health. In the U.S., it is estimated that someone dies every 34 seconds from cardiovascular disease. Heart disease is the leading cause of death worldwide.
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