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A multidisciplinary Swiss team has developed a tiny implantable chip that can test blood and wirelessly transmit the information to doctors.
Giovanni de Micheli and Sandro Carrara of École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) invented the 14mm-long device. The device is a chip fitted with five sensors and a radio transmitter and is powered via inductive coupling with a battery patch worn outside the body delivering a tenth of a watt in energy. The chip is Bluetooth-equipped to transfer the data picked up by the chip’s radio signals.
The researchers’ goals are to use the chip to monitor five different molecules which may represent five different disease states. This proof-of-concept device has exciting implications for the field of personalized medicine; each person’s biological signals can be recorded and therapy tailored for each individual.
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Dr. Williams obtained his undergraduate degree with a double major in Biomedical and Electrical Engineering at Vanderbilt University. He was then awarded a Keck Fellowship for graduate school at the University of Pittsburgh where he obtained his Master’s degree in Bioengineering.
Dr. Williams went on to obtain his medical degree at Drexel University in Philadelphia and completed 5 years of Fellowship training in both Cardiovascular Diseases and Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center.
His unique background and extensive knowledge of both engineering and cardiology have earned Dr. Williams many accolades in both clinical and academic settings. He’s published over 20 manuscripts and abstracts in the field of cardiology/electrophysiology and has received awards from both the American College of Cardiology Foundation and the National Institutes of Health.
Dr. Williams started in the Invasive Electrophysiology Laboratory at The Good Samaritan Hospital in 2008 and the Heart Rhythm Center published outcomes on pacemaker and defibrillator implantations as well as the safety and efficacy of high frequency jet ventilation during EP studies with ablation under his direction. He is Chair of the Quality Committee at the Florida Chapter of the American College of Cardiology.
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