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3D Printing Prevents and Predicts Heart Attacks – See This 3D Printing StoryBy Bill Decker | Uncategorized | 06 March 2014 | Add Comment
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Using an inexpensive 3D printer, the creators were able to develop an elastic membrane made of a soft and flexible silicon material. This membrane is made to match the shape of a patient’s epicardium – the outer layer of the heart wall.
The researchers then printed small sensors onto the membrane. These are made of semiconductor materials, including silicon, gallium arsenide, gallium nitride, metals, metal oxides and polymers.
The sensors are able to measure a number of markers of arrhythmia – a condition characterized by problems with the rate or rhythm of heartbeat.
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