Category: Medical technology
Surgeons have few ways to monitor the condition of a patient after a debilitating spinal cord injury. A research lab at Johns Hopkins University is hoping to change that by developing an implant that can give physicians a look at the inner workings of the body in order to reduce the need for surgery or alert them when something has gone wrong.
The HEPIUS Innovation Lab ultrasound imaging implant continuously monitors blood flow around the site of a spinal cord injury…