Tattoo Like Sensors to Measure Blood Oxygen Levels
Tattoo Like Sensors to Measure Blood Oxygen Levels - Industry Tap
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Tattoo Like Sensors to Measure Blood Oxygen Levels - Industry Tap
Smart tattoos glow to give you medical insight about your body.
A new silk-based material under skin changes color in response to oxygen in the blood. It could be adapted to track glucose and other blood components.
When treating patients for certain conditions, it's important to monitor their blood oxygen levels. A new sub-dermal photosensitive sensor provides a new means of doing so, plus it could one day be used to measure other blood-borne substances.