Voss and the Fraunhofer Institute have developed a flexible PU circuit board that can be used to monitor the vital signs of newborn babies.
The new circuit board can be mass-produced. The Swiss company called Swisstom, a company in the field of measuring tapes, is using this new technology. The company puts it on the baby's skin. This tape can help doctors see the baby's heart and lungs. Functional dynamic image. Voss said that with this new technology, there is no need for medical intervention or radiology to observe.
The measuring band is designed for electrical impedance tomography. This is a non-invasive observation process. Unlike the traditional monitoring method, it does not require the patient to breathe into the sensor, and it can also be used continuously for several days.
Voss Electronics and Frauhofer Reliability and Microintegration Research Institute in Berlin started to develop this flexible PU circuit board as early as 4 years ago.
The circuit board of this material has many advantages over traditional epoxy-based ones, commented Worth Electronics. The epoxy board is hard and brittle, while the polyurethane is flexible, washable and collapsible.