2nd February 2021
9:17 am
2nd February 2021
9:17 am
A new type of wearable sensor that can monitor and treat mouth and eye diseases has been developed by scientists at Penn State University.
Microsystems & Nanoengineering, the small medical device is designed to be placed near to the eyes or mouth to collect data from tears or saliva. Data collected would then be sent to a user’s smartphone or sent to their doctor, according to Huanyu ‘Larry’ Cheng, a Professor in the Penn State Department of Engineering Science and Mechanics (ESM) and lead author of the research.
“We sought to create a device that collects both small and large substances of biofluids such as tears and saliva, which can be analysed for certain conditions on a rapid, continuous basis, rather than waiting on test results from samples in a lab,” said Cheng.