Patient Monitoring with 3D Printed Thermal Alarms

Researchers at the University of Tokyo have built a "fever alarm armband" which monitors the vital signs of hospital patients using 3D inkjet printing. The flexible, self-and-solar-powered wearable device is an armband which trips an alarm if a patient's temperature climbs too high. The researchers say the flexible organic components developed for their device will also be applicable to a variety of wearable devices and add that an amorphous silicon solar panel, a piezoelectric speaker, a temperature sensor and a power supply circuit were all created with organic components. You can read the whole story here: http://3dprint.com/47116/3d-printed-fever-alarm/


Below is a photo of the system:
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