Adhesive stickers to observe our organs?

Examining the interior of our body in a non-invasive way is something that is done every day in all hospitals in the world. There are several methods and the most common is by ultrasound. A technician deposits a jelly on our skin that is a good conductor of sound echos, and with a device inspects and visualizes our interior, organs, or any other part of the body. And that operation needs a specialized technician and a special device to visualize it.

Recently researchers from MIT have presented an adhesive sticker that is placed on our body and is capable of visualizing for 48 hours what happens inside us, our organs, veins, etc...

The sticker is 2 square centimeters and 3 mm. wide (something similar to a postage stamp) that is placed on the skin and is connected to a device that visualizes the interior of the body, without the need for a person to perform the examination.

The researchers have published an article in the journal Science that has aroused enormous interest throughout the world, since the applications of this discovery can be many and varied.

Currently the sticker must be connected to a machine to obtain images of the inside of the body, but the researchers are already working on ways to obtain these images wirelessly. Thing that does not seem very complicated, and that would greatly facilitate its practical implementation.

If we take into account that today's mobiles are increasingly powerful, it would not be unreasonable to think that the information on the adhesive label could be displayed on a mobile, and from there taken to any other device to carry out a complementary analysis.

With this type of adhesive labels, patients could lead their normal lives and at the same time be monitored in their internal organs, and be able to observe how these organs respond to the different circumstances that occur in the lives of patients.

It seems to me a very novel and extremely useful discovery, and it is almost certain that it will not take long to see it on the market. The price remains to be seen, but mass production will help lower it, and requiring little assistance from health personnel will further extend its use.

As I said: a good invention.