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Catheters gain arrays of sensors and actuators

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Flexible multilayer electronic arrays impart endocardial balloon catheters with enhanced sensing and actuation functionality.

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Fig. 1: Integration of flexible multilayer electronic arrays into cardiac catheters.
Fig. 2: A balloon catheter instrumented with multilayer flexible electronic arrays with sensing and actuation functionality would offer clinically relevant advantages.

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  1. Institute for Medical Engineering and Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA

    Ellen T. Roche

  2. Department of Mechanical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA

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