How wearable devices with skin-like stretchability may pave way for better health tracking

MedTech Dive November 21, 2022
Nick Paul Taylor

Dive Brief:

• The U.S. Department of Energy has collaborated on the development of a wearable with skin-like stretchability to capture health signals.
• Writing in the journal Matter, researchers describe the creation of a flexible semiconductor that enables the electronic components of the device to work when it is stretched.
• An artificial intelligence-enabled prototype based on the stretchable technology was more than 95% effective at correctly identifying electrocardiogram signals.

Dive Insight:

The DOE’s Argonne National Laboratory teamed up with the University of Chicago’s Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering to tackle two challenges associated with the development of stretchable devices for tracking health metrics.

First, such devices need to collect and process more data than today’s smartwatches, while the...

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