4th February 2021
7:00 am
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12:34 pm
Researchers from North Carolina State University have developed a new soft flexible sensor system aiming to map pressure points for amputees.
Published in
IEEE Sensors Journal, the team’s study explored how their prototype patch, which incorporates a lattice of electrically conducive yarns and connects to a computer, could help to detect pressure points in the socket of an amputee’s prosthetic limb.
The team comprised researchers in textiles, electrical, computer and biomedical engineering at NC State. The study’s first author Jordan Tablor, a graduate student in the NC State College of Textiles, explained that rigid sensors are commonly used to measure pressure within prosthetics.