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Medical & healthcare

Professor Elisa Hill-Yardin, Dr Shadi Houshyar and Professor Justin Yeung inspect a prototype of the iodine-infused filament

Antimicrobial suture material shows promise as alternative for mesh implants

DrugBAN AI could cut costs and accelerate drug discovery

TIBI scientists have developed a cryofreezing method to create an aerogel substrate layer that is flexible, breathable, ultralight, and moisture/air-permeable; these qualities are due to its highly uniform and interconnected pores and their potential for three-dimensional capillary action. Inset: scanning electron microscope image of the patch’s porous surface. The substrate’s enhanced capabilities also enable the ability to screen-print integrated multifunctional sensors directly onto the substrate surface

TIBI E-skin patch provides advanced healthcare monitoring

The 'digital foot' could be used to develop more sophisticated bionic limbs

Digital foot could enhance neuroprosthetics

The team’s new sensor makes use of PEDOT-Cl-coated cotton sandwiched between electrodes

New material solves pressure problem in wearable sensors

Haemostatic microneedle technology can be applied like a typical adhesive bandage to quickly stop bleeding

Microneedle patch quickly puts a stop to haemorrhaging

Researchers have developed a new tool and technique that uses vortex ultrasound – a sort of ultrasonic tornado – to break down blood clots in the brain. The new approach worked more quickly than existing techniques to eliminate clots formed in an in vitro model of cerebral venous sinus thrombosis (CVST

Vortex ultrasound breaks down blood clots

Joint first author of both studies, Dr Balasundaram Kadirvelu, speaks with Imperial doctoral student Luchen Li who models the suit

AI and wearable tech to improve clinical trial monitoring

‘Smart patch’ could be used to detect Alzheimer's

Usability testing of the fixator

Bone fixator can be manufactured anywhere with conventional manufacturing techniques

Hybrid closed loop system seen as step toward artificial pancreas

Nottingham team to bring additive manufacturing into medtech