Researchers have developed a new approach to deep brain stimulation using ultrasound waves instead of electricity, which could offer a safer way to treat Parkinson’s disease. Canan Dagdeviren highlighted that the device is thinner than a hair fiber, resulting in negligible tissue damage. Additionally, scientists have created biodegradable, wireless sensors that can monitor brain health without invasive surgery. These sensors can detect intracranial pressure, temperature, pH, and flow rate to a depth of 10 cm. Northwestern Medicine scientists demonstrated the use of ultrasound technology to penetrate the blood-brain barrier, aiding the delivery of chemotherapy and immunotherapy in glioblastoma patients. The device, named ImPULS, was developed by the Media Lab's CDecoders group and collaborators. A Nature research paper details an injectable ultrasonic sensor for wireless monitoring of intracranial signals.
A paper in @Nature presents a gel-based brain sensor, which was tested in animal models, that can be used to wirelessly monitor biologically relevant data such as pH, intracranial pressure, flow rate and temperature. https://t.co/7O9F0e6apP https://t.co/KqQWohLwek
Watch: The Media Lab's @CDecoders group + collaborators have developed an implantable ultrasound device for deep brain stimulation. The device, called ImPULS, may provide a safer alternative to electrical stimulation as a treatment for Parkinson's + other neurological disorders. https://t.co/R0fv7pUE23
Northwestern Medicine scientists for the first time demonstrated the use of ultrasound technology to penetrate the blood-brain barrier and aid delivery of a cocktail of chemotherapy and immune checkpoint blockade immunotherapy into the brain. Read more: https://t.co/21hVQMvuOT https://t.co/SLxvnWKhlb
Ultrasound Microbubbles Aid Delivery of Chemotherapy and Immunotherapy in Glioblastoma Patients A skull-implantable device sends ultrasound waves that induce the vibration of microbubbles to open the blood-brain barrier. Read more: https://t.co/21hVQMuWZl https://t.co/rtH7Wvfo72
An injectable, biodegradable and wireless metastructured hydrogel sensor for ultrasonic monitoring of intracranial signals. It can independently detect intracranial pressure, temperature, pH and flow rate to a depth of 10 cm. #NBThighlight https://t.co/t7mk4y0Egj
Nature research paper: Injectable ultrasonic sensor for wireless monitoring of intracranial signals https://t.co/YazdYWBn2R
Researchers have developed biodegradable, wireless sensors that can monitor changes in the brain following a head injury or cancer treatment, without invasive surgery https://t.co/I3qRZZMak1
A brain implant injected with a needle instead of invasive surgery can monitor brain health and then dissolve after a few weeks. https://t.co/cq4pxJKcyt
⚡️Ultrasound offers a new way to perform deep brain stimulation. #digitalheath #medicine #brain https://t.co/QPeqFMwLa0
A new approach to deep brain stimulation uses ultrasound waves instead of electricity, which could be a safer way to treat Parkinson’s disease. “This device is thinner than a hair fiber, so there will be negligible tissue damage,” Canan Dagdeviren says. https://t.co/maBZH5e6Hp https://t.co/f5JubTlHUx