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UArizona Researchers Develop Ultra-Thin ‘Computer on the Bone’

Engineers and physicians teamed up to develop a wireless device to monitor and protect bone health.

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By: DAVID SAVASTANO

Contributing Editor, Coatings World and Ink World

A team of University of Arizona researchers has developed an ultra-thin wireless device that grows to the surface of bone and could someday help physicians monitor bone health and healing over long periods. The devices, called osseosurface electronics, are described in a paper published in Nature Communications. “As a surgeon, I am most excited about using measurements collected with osseosurface electronics to someday provide my patients with individualized orthopedic care – with the goa...

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