A group of researchers from the University of Tokyo has developed a material that could revolutionize the monitoring of patients’ health problems. It is a device that includes an ultra-thin screen and monitor that can stick directly on our skin.
They create ‘electronic skin’ that shows your health data and sends them to your doctor
This ‘electronic skin,’ similar to adhesive bandages. Also, it is 1 millimeter thick and can monitor essential health data. Also, it can send and receive messages, including favorite emojis.
Professor Takao Someya, belonging to the university institution and creator of the device, has said that it is an invention dedicated to health professionals. That comes with remote monitoring of their patients or those patients who are still at rest. Also, it would serve to know the health status of people who are far from their families.
Adhered to the back of the hand or even in the palm, this device can remind a patient to take their medication or gives the possibility to a distant family member to communicate with their grandmother or another relative. On the occasion of the announcement of the device, Someya said:
Place this screen on your skin and it will feel as if it were part of your body . When you have messages in your hand you will feel an emotional closeness to the sender.
Someya also noted that this invention could be advantageous in countries like Japan, where the method was developed since the speed of aging of its population increases the demand for personalized controls towards people with health problems.
In addition to its obvious applications in the medical sector, such as the possibility for athletes to control their heart rate or validate their routes of travel. So, a worker can consult this screen to verify data from the execution manuals while working.
It is expected that this device will be launched in 2021, by the hand of Japanese giant Dai Nippon Printing, dedicated to printing.