Northwestern Engineers Pioneer New Medical Technologies
Clip: 9/9/2019 | 4m 36s
The future of medical monitoring is taking shape in a laboratory just north of Chicago.
While most of today’s medical monitors are expensive and require connections that are hardwired and taped to the patient, future monitors will be cheap, small and wireless. We learn more with John Rogers who leads the Center for Bio-Integrated Electronics at Northwestern University.
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Northwestern Engineers Pioneer New Medical Technologies
Clip: 9/9/2019 | 4m 36s
While most of today’s medical monitors are expensive and require connections that are hardwired and taped to the patient, future monitors will be cheap, small and wireless. We learn more with John Rogers who leads the Center for Bio-Integrated Electronics at Northwestern University.
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