Biodegradable Conductor for Wearables

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Researchers have developed stretchable, self-healing, and biocompatible conductor materials

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Researchers at Korea University Graduate School of Converging Science and Technology (KU-KIST) developed conductor materials that it claims are stretchable, self-healing, and biocompatible.

Material could be used to create sensor patches that can be implanted inside the body, and even mounted on the surface of internal organs.

After being cut a ribbonlike film was able to heal itself in about 1 minute .

The device was designed to wrap around the bladder and then adhere to itself.

No adhesives or sutures were required to attach the sensor onto the bladder.

The device incorporated both electrodes and pressure sensors, which were able to detect changes in bladder pressure.

As with the initial demonstration, intentional damage to the device’s circuitry healed on its own, without intervention.

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