USoP (ultrasound patch)

2023: Product Announcement

On May 22, 2023, US researchers at the University of California, San Diego, announced the development of the first fully integrated wearable ultrasound device for deep tissue monitoring.

Ultrasound is widely used in medicine to form images of internal body structures such as abdominal organs, muscles and tendons, the heart and blood vessels. However, ultrasound systems are often very cumbersome, and for the procedure, the patient must be motionless. However, flexible ultrasonic sensors require cables to provide power and data exchange. All these problems are designed to solve a new compact development - the so-called "ultrasonic system on a patch" (USoP).

The researchers created a miniature flexible control circuit that interacts with an array of ultrasonic transducers. The collected indicators are transmitted via wireless communication to a mobile application on a smartphone. Power is provided by a lithium-polymer battery.

The developed device makes it possible to continuously capture the physiological parameters of tissues at a depth of up to 164 mm for 12 hours. In particular, indicators such as blood pressure, heart rate, heart rate, etc., can be measured. Machine learning algorithms have been implemented to effectively track moving targets. Thus, when recording the readings, the patient does not have to be at rest.

The device will help healthy people to assess the vital signs of the body, for example, during sports. By obtaining values ​ ​ in real time, you can optimize loads and develop personal training programs with maximum efficiency.^[1]

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