Hydrogel interfaces for merging humans and machines

H Yuk, J Wu, X Zhao - Nature Reviews Materials, 2022 - nature.com
The last few decades have witnessed unprecedented convergence between humans and
machines that closely operate around the human body. Despite these advances, traditional …

Ultrasound in contemporary physiotherapy practice

T Watson - Ultrasonics, 2008 - Elsevier
The use of therapeutic ultrasound as an element of physiotherapy practice is well
established, but the nature of that practice has changed significantly over the last 20 years …

A wireless millimetre-scale implantable neural stimulator with ultrasonically powered bidirectional communication

DK Piech, BC Johnson, K Shen, MM Ghanbari… - Nature biomedical …, 2020 - nature.com
Clinically approved neural stimulators are limited by battery requirements, as well as by their
large size compared with the stimulation targets. Here, we describe a wireless, leadless and …

Lotus metasurface for wide-angle intermediate-frequency water–air acoustic transmission

Z Huang, Z Zhao, S Zhao, X Cai, Y Zhang… - … Applied Materials & …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Only 0.1% of the acoustic energy can transmit across the water–air interface because of the
huge acoustic impedance mismatch. Enhancing acoustic transmission across the water–air …

Stretchable composite acoustic transducer for wearable monitoring of vital signs

Y Cotur, M Kasimatis, M Kaisti, S Olenik… - Advanced functional …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
A highly flexible, stretchable, and mechanically robust low‐cost soft composite consisting of
silicone polymers and water (or hydrogels) is reported. When combined with conventional …

Couplants in acoustic biosensing systems

R Manwar, L Saint-Martin, K Avanaki - Chemosensors, 2022 - mdpi.com
Acoustic biosensors are widely used in physical, chemical, and biosensing applications.
One of the major concerns in acoustic biosensing is the delicacy of the medium through …

Controlled noninvasive modulation of deep brain regions in humans

T Riis, D Feldman, B Mickey, J Kubanek - Communications Engineering, 2024 - nature.com
Transcranial focused ultrasound provides noninvasive and reversible approaches for
precise and personalized manipulations of brain circuits, with the potential to transform our …

Therapeutic ultrasound experiments in vitro: Review of factors influencing outcomes and reproducibility

M Snehota, J Vachutka, G Ter Haar, L Dolezal… - Ultrasonics, 2020 - Elsevier
Current in vitro sonication experiments show immense variability in experimental set-ups
and methods used. As a result, there is uncertainty in the ultrasound field parameters …

Study of factors affecting the magnitude and nature of ultrasound exposure with in vitro set-ups

JJ Leskinen, K Hynynen - Ultrasound in medicine & biology, 2012 - Elsevier
Therapeutic ultrasound is a clinically applied method to improve fracture healing and holds
great potential as a manipulator of biologic material relevant to tissue engineering …

Wearable apparatus, system and method for detection of cardiac arrest and alerting emergency response

PE Eggers, EA Eggers, A Eggers, BA Bailey - US Patent 11,219,373, 2022 - Google Patents
The disclosure provides wearable cardiac arrest detection and alerting device that
incorporates a non-invasive sensor based on optical and/or electrical signals transmitted …