Continuous Blood Pressure Monitoring from “Electronic Skin”

These devices monitored arterial blood pressure with very high accuracy.

Various physiologic monitoring devices are used to follow people outside of a medical setting. However, most such “home” monitoring devices are bulky, unpleasant to use for extended periods of time, and incompatible with some activities of daily living. Therefore, bioengineers are developing devices that unobtrusively and continuously monitor human physiology. Microsensors can be placed in thin strips that stick to the skin (NEJM JW Gen Med Oct 15 2011 and Science 2011; 333:838), and data from such microsensors can be merged with data entered on smartphones to help manage and study diseases like diabetes (NEJM JW Gen Med Mar 1 2016 and Cell 2015; 163:1079).

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Anthony L. Komaroff, MD

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Consultant/Advisory BoardSerImmune Inc.; DxTerity

Grant / Research SupportNIH (1U54NS105542-01)

Editorial BoardsHarvard Health Letter; UpToDate

Anthony L. Komaroff, MD

Disclosures

Consultant/Advisory BoardSerImmune Inc.; DxTerity

Grant / Research SupportNIH (1U54NS105542-01)

Editorial BoardsHarvard Health Letter; UpToDate

Continuous Blood Pressure Monitoring from “Electronic Skin”

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