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Researchers developed a bladder implant that wirelessly and simultaneously transmits fill data to a smartphone app, enabling patients with diseases to monitor bladder function
New implantable sensor measures strain to detect bladder filling. Implant continuously streams data to smartphone, so users and their physicians can monitor filling/emptying in real time.<br />
When left untreated, severe bladder dysfunction can cause routine infections and urination issues, eventually leading to kidney damage, which affects the entire body. “The key advance here is in the development of super soft, ultrathin, stretchable strain gauges that can gently wrap the outside surface of the bladder, without imposing any mechanical constraints on the natural filling and voiding behaviors,” Rogers said. Seeded with the patient’s own stem cells, the citrate-based “patch” — referred to as a pro-regenerative scaffold (PRS) — enables the surgeon to reconstruct or rebuild the bladder without the need to harvest intestinal tissue, the current clinical standard for this surgery.
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