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Interconnected wireless body sensors could use sonar to treat diabetes, heart failure and other ailments.
The military has for decades used sonar for underwater communication.
Now, researchers at the University at Buffalo are developing a miniaturized version of the same technology to be applied inside the human body to treat diseases such as diabetes and heart failure in real time.
The advancement relies on sensors that use ultrasounds ? the same inaudible sound waves used by the navy for sonar and doctors for sonograms ? to wirelessly share information between medical devices implanted in or worn by people.
http://www.buffalo.edu/news/releases/2013/05/0570.html
The military has for decades used sonar for underwater communication.
Now, researchers at the University at Buffalo are developing a miniaturized version of the same technology to be applied inside the human body to treat diseases such as diabetes and heart failure in real time.
The advancement relies on sensors that use ultrasounds ? the same inaudible sound waves used by the navy for sonar and doctors for sonograms ? to wirelessly share information between medical devices implanted in or worn by people.
http://www.buffalo.edu/news/releases/2013/05/0570.html