The Department of Defense has awarded $1.6 million to the Center for Bioelectronics,
Biosensors and Biochips (C3B) at Clemson University for the development
of an implantable biochip that could relay vital health information if
a soldier is wounded in battle or a civilian is hurt in an accident.
The biochip,
about the size of a grain of rice, could measure and relay such information
as lactate and glucose levels in the event of a major hemorrhage
Anthony Guiseppi-Elie,
C3B director and Dow Chemical Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
and professor of bioengineering says first responders to the trauma scene
could inject the biochip into the wounded victim and gather data almost
immediately.
getting vital
information such as how much oxygen is in the tissue back to ER physicians
and medical personnel can often mean the difference between life and death,
The biochip
also may be injected as a precaution to future traumas
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