Team members: Kim Pardilla, Michael Pajor, Shawn Patel, Umangi Patel, Jonathan Silva

Advances are being made on developing a device for monitoring cardiac ischemia.  A recent prototype was made by Bosch SensorTec in Germany. This type of device allows for rapid detection of ischemia using a three-axis accelerometer, particularly in patients that received bypass grafts, which come with a high risk of ischemia and heart attack. It is implanted Testing of the device was conducted in two pigs, where it was surgically placed in the left ventricle, near the left anterior descending artery (LAD). The primary purpose of the tests was to determine the stability of the device and its ability to detect readings. The results show that this device has sufficient stability and is able to deliver acceleration recordings, with minimal current leakage.  Despite the promising results, the researchers note that the sample size is small.

Testing of multiple implantable devices in an animal heart.

Source:

doi: 10.1115/1.4034574

http://medicaldevices.asmedigitalcollection.asme.org/article.aspx?articleid=2551763