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Post by Guest Thu May 29, 2014 4:52 pm

Forgot to post about this the other week...

Theses new stitches can detect infection and speed up recovery time...

Quite smart indeed!Smile


http://bigthink.com/ideafeed/biomedical-smart-stitches-detect-infections-speed-healing

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Post by Ben Reilly Thu May 29, 2014 5:44 pm

Amazing stuff:
Researchers have successfully coated surgical stitches in biomedical devices that can monitor for infection and aid in the healing process by applying heat to wounds, a known method for shortening recovery time. "The electronic sutures, which contain ultrathin silicon sensors integrated on polymer or silk strips, can be threaded through needles, and in animal tests researchers were able to lace them through skin, pull them tight, and knot them without degrading the devices." The silicon strips used in the stitches are flexible and connected with gold wires just a few hundred nanometers thick.
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