Wireless Sensor Enables Study of Traumatic Brain Injuries
From: Aerospace & Defense Technology - 01/12/2016

A new system that uses a wireless implant has been shown to record – for the
first time – how brain tissue deforms when subjected to the kind of shock
that causes blast-induced trauma commonly seen in combat veterans.

The new research involves the use of a biocompatible "soft magnet" wireless
sensor, inserted into the brains of laboratory rats. Because the gel-like
magnet has mechanical properties similar to that of brain tissue, it is able
to move with the brain when exposed to blast trauma. The magnet's motion is
tracked with three external sensors, creating a precise 3-D measurement.

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Source:
http://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/releases/2015/Q4/wireless-sensor-enables-study-of-traumatic-brain-injury.html