3D-printed wearable sensors allow personalized medical tracking

Researchers at the University of Arizona (AZ, US) have developed 3D-printed wireless medical sensors that are personalized to the wearer’s body morphology. This innovation represents a large shift in current medical sensor technology and holds vast potential for monitoring and treating diseases.  Currently available sensors utilized for medical tracking have several limitations. Firstly, they are not able to continuously track biological changes with enough precision for reliable medical conclusions to be drawn. Additionally, as patients experience natural skin shedding, or even sweating, current medial sensors very often cannot stay stuck on the patient’s body. A further issue is that current medical wearables are not wireless, which affects patient mobility.  In an impressive attempt to deal with these various...