implantable sensor

Intellirod Spine raises $1M to add wireless sensors to spine implants

By Jonah Comstock 03:50 pm July 27, 2016

Akron, Ohio-based Intellirod Spine, a sensor-enabled spine implant company, has raised more than $1 million in a round led by new and existing investors, including Queen City Angel First Fund V and JumpStart. Previous investors include the Kentucky Seed Capital Fund and the City of Akron, Ohio. Intellirod Spine is developing wireless sensors that will measure the strain being put on implanted...

Researchers test tiny implantable wireless sensors that dissolve in the brain

By Jonah Comstock 02:09 pm January 19, 2016

Researchers at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign are developing tiny sensors that can monitor temperature and pressure within the skull and then dissolve harmlessly into the cranial fluid. When fully developed, these devices could present a new, safer method for monitoring patients after brain surgery or a traumatic brain injury. “The ultimate strategy is to have a device that you...