The world’s smallest medical implant has recently
been revealed by a group of scientists at Ecole
Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) in
Switzerland. The device measures 14 millimeters only
but can provide accurate data used to analyze levels
of sugar in the blood, lactate and ATP. It is also
capable of feeding data about the activity of the body
as well as information about diseases like diabetes.
While implants aren’t really something new in today’s
world, this new medical device can transmit data to
smartphones via Bluetooth. Basically, data will be sent
wirelessly to the owner’s smartphone, which will tell
that he or she is about to get a heart attack, which is
known to be a silent killer.
In case you’re wondering how this works – The
implant will be induced into the part of the body that
has few activities so its functions wouldn’t be
disturbed. It is coated with an enzyme that reacts with
blood-borne elements so that detectable signals can
be sent to devices like smartphones. The implant has
proven to be effective in preventing heart attack not
because it directly interacts with the body’s activity but
because it provides consistent information on levels of
data it is programmed to read.
A heart attack, according to medical practitioners and
experts, do not happen in a second. It is a progression
and a process that can be prevented if only the subject
knows what’s happening inside of him or her.
Hours leading to a heart attack, muscles starve for
oxygen and when they couldn’t get enough, they break
and fragments are carried out by blood in the
circulation. These are among the things this medical
implant could detect. If data are immediately fed to the
smartphone, the user would know he or she needs to
do some preventive measures or contact a physician
immediately.
The implant can be recharged using a 100-milliwatt
battery pack outside the body via inductive wireless
charging and uses the skin to send off electrons.
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