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Blue Spark’s TempTraq catches fevers faster. Fever prediction is next.

Blue Spark’s TempTraq continuous temperature monitoring patch could one day be used for fever prediction. The patch is 100mm long, 50mm wide, 3mm thick and weighs 5.1 grams. [Photo courtesy of Blue Spark Technologies]

Blue Spark Technologies developed the first wireless continuous temperature monitor patch, TempTraq, to enable faster fever detection than standard manual readings every four hours.

Westlake, Ohio-based Blue Spark is now looking at fever prediction rather than just detecting them.

The R&D team is working on developing an AI neural network model built on the company’s collection of continuous temperature data captured in the cloud, CEO John Gannon said in an interview.

“Taking our existing data, training an AI model to be able to understand and learn what fever profiles and onsets of fevers look like, and then apply that to new patients … we are working tow…

3M launches 21-day adhesive skin tape for medical devices

3M Medical Tape 4576 [Photo courtesy of 3M]3M (NYSE:MMM) today launched an adhesive tape that can be used to secure medical devices to a patient’s skin for up to 21 days.

Maplewood, Minnesota-based 3M said its 3M Medical Tape 4576 is flexible, conformable and offers “excellent adhesion to the skin,” making it ideal for devices that need continuous extended wear both in and out of care facilities.

“People deserve to live active lives without their condition — or a device meant to monitor it — getting in the way,” 3M Medical Solutions Division VP Marcello Napol said in a news release. “Adhesives are more than a simple material. They have the potential to unlock longer wear times, slimmer device profiles and more. We’re excited about 3M Medical Tape 4576 and what it can offer device developers and real-time, proactive health monitoring as a whole.”

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MIT researchers tout origami-inspired medical patch for internal injuries

Engineers at MIT are touting a medical patch capable of being delivered through narrow spaces to patch up internal injuries.

With inspiration from the art of origami, the engineers designed the patch to be folded around minimally invasive surgical tools and delivered through airways, intestines and other narrow spaces to patch up internal injuries, according to a news release.

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MIT researchers tout origami-inspired medical patch for internal injuries

Image from Felice Frankel/MIT

Engineers at MIT are touting a medical patch capable of being delivered through narrow spaces to patch up internal injuries.

With inspiration from the art of origami, the engineers designed the patch to be folded around minimally invasive surgical tools and delivered through airways, intestines and other narrow spaces to patch up internal injuries, according to a news release.

The patch resembles a foldable, paper-like film when dry, the researchers said, and it transforms into a stretchy gel, like a contact lens, when it makes contact with wet tissues or organs, becoming capable of sticking to an injured site. The new tape is designed to resist contamination when exposed to bacteria and bodily fluids and it can safely biodegrade away, according to data published in Advanced Materials.

MIT researchers said they are working with clinicians and surgeons to optimize …