{"id":139436,"date":"2023-04-25T10:02:26","date_gmt":"2023-04-25T01:02:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ee.presscat.kr\/?post_type=research-achieve&#038;p=139436"},"modified":"2026-04-13T16:31:54","modified_gmt":"2026-04-13T07:31:54","slug":"ee-professor-kwon-kyunghas-research-team-develops-a-battery-less-wireless-implant-for-real-time-diagnosing-cardiovascular-function","status":"publish","type":"research-achieve","link":"http:\/\/ee.presscat.kr\/en\/research-achieve\/ee-professor-kwon-kyunghas-research-team-develops-a-battery-less-wireless-implant-for-real-time-diagnosing-cardiovascular-function\/","title":{"rendered":"EE Professor Kyeongha Kwon\u2019s Research Team Develops a Battery-less Wireless Implant for Real-time Diagnosing Cardiovascular Function"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;color: #000000\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-139425 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/ee.presscat.kr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/\ucea1\ucc98-644722b11f55a.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"856\" height=\"350\" title=\"\" srcset=\"http:\/\/ee.presscat.kr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/\ucea1\ucc98-644722b11f55a.jpg 856w, http:\/\/ee.presscat.kr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/\ucea1\ucc98-644722b11f55a-300x123.jpg 300w, http:\/\/ee.presscat.kr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/\ucea1\ucc98-644722b11f55a-768x314.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 856px) 100vw, 856px\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;color: #000000\">\u2022\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0Development of a wireless system for real-time measurement of pressure, blood flow, and temperature inside blood vessels<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;color: #000000\">\u2022\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0Widely expected to be used for predicting and managing preoperative risks for cardiovascular disease patients<\/span><\/div>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;color: #000000\">Real-time hemodynamic monitoring helps manage patients with cardiovascular disease before and after surgery. As a result, demand is increasing for wireless, implantable medical technology that can provide real-time measurement of pressure, flow, and temperature inside blood vessels in daily life.<\/span><\/div>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;color: #000000\"> Professor Kwon has developed a wireless cardiovascular implant that diagnoses cardiovascular function by measuring pressure, flow, and temperature inside blood vessels in real time without a battery. <\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;color: #000000\">This technology, developed through joint research with Dr. Kim Jong-wook of Northwestern University in the United States, was announced on April 11th in the international academic journal Nature Biomedical Engineering (paper title: A battery-less wireless implant for the continuous monitoring of vascular pressure, flow rate and temperature; URL:\u00a0<a style=\"color: #000000\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nature.com\/articles\/s41551-023-01022-4)\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/www.nature.com\/articles\/s41551-023-01022-4)<\/a>.<\/span><\/div>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;color: #000000\">Currently, the sensor is inserted into an artery with a wired tether connected to a bed monitor, making it possible to measure arterial pressure and blood flow velocity.<\/span><\/div>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;color: #000000\">However, wired interfaces can damage blood vessels and infection or cause a decrease in measurement accuracy, so they are limited to use in non-moving patients in hospitals.<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;color: #000000\"> The critical challenge is to develop an implant system that operates wirelessly without a battery, to support postoperative monitoring of patients anywhere and at any time without requiring access to specialized medical facilities.<\/span><\/div>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;color: #000000\">Professor Kwon Kyeongha, who led the research, said, &#8220;We expect this technology to be used in various clinical fields such as slope and leakage tests after transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI), pressure and flow rate measurements inside flow diverters for cerebral aneurysms, and endoscopic surgeries for thoracic aortic aneurysms (TEVAR) and abdominal aortic aneurysms (EVAR) &#8211; endoluminal monitoring, among others.&#8221;<\/span><\/div>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;color: #000000\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-139431 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/ee.presscat.kr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/\uc378\ub124\uc77c.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"472\" height=\"281\" title=\"\" srcset=\"http:\/\/ee.presscat.kr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/\uc378\ub124\uc77c.png 472w, http:\/\/ee.presscat.kr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/\uc378\ub124\uc77c-300x179.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 472px) 100vw, 472px\" \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;color: #000000\">[Professor Kwon Kyeongha and Dr. Kim Jongwook of Northwestern University from left]\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;color: #000000\">[Related Press]<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;color: #000000\">Chosun Biz :\u00a0<a style=\"color: #000000\" href=\"https:\/\/biz.chosun.com\/science-chosun\/technology\/2023\/04\/24\/F5R2W772IJFSNN6D5YNLSFH5LY\/?utm_source=naver&amp;utm_medium=original&amp;utm_campaign=biz\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\uc2e4\uc2dc\uac04 \uc2ec\ud608\uad00 \uac74\uac15 \ud655\uc778\ud558\ub294 \ubb34\uc120\uc9c4\ub2e8 \uc7a5\uce58 \uad6d\ub0b4\uc11c \uac1c\ubc1c &#8211; 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