Perez Mauricio David, Jeong Seung Hee, Raman Sujith, Nowinski Daniel, Wu Zhigang, Redzwan Syaiful M S, Velander Jacob, Peng Zhiwei, Hjort Klas, Augustine Robin
Department of Engineering Sciences, The Angstrom Laboratory, Uppsala University, 751 21 Uppsala, Sweden.
Department of Electronics and Instrumentation, Bharathiar University, Coimbatore, India.
Healthc Technol Lett. 2020 Feb 17;7(1):29-34. doi: 10.1049/htl.2018.5083. eCollection 2020 Feb.
A soft and highly directive, proximity-coupled split-ring resonator fabricated with a liquid alloy, copper and polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) is presented. The same was designed for sensing osteogenesis of calvarial bone. As dielectric properties of bone grafts in ossifying calvarial defects should change during the osteogenesis process, devices like this could monitor the gradual transformation of the defect into bone by differentiating changes in the dielectric properties as shifts in the resonance frequency. Computational Software Technology (CST) Microwave Studio®-based simulation results on computational head models were in good agreement with laboratory results on head phantom models, which also included the comparison with an in-vivo measurement on the human head. A discussion based on an inductive reasoning regarding dynamics' considerations is provided as well. Since the skin elasticity of newborn children is high, stretching and crumpling could be significant. In addition, due to typical head curvatures in newborn children, bending should not be a significant issue, and can provide higher energy focus in the defect area and improve conformability. The present concept could support the development of soft, cheap and portable follow-up monitoring systems to use in outpatient hospital and home care settings for post-operative monitoring of bone healing after reconstructive surgical procedures.
本文介绍了一种由液态合金、铜和聚二甲基硅氧烷(PDMS)制成的柔软且具有高度指向性的近场耦合分裂环谐振器。该谐振器专为监测颅骨的骨生成而设计。由于颅骨缺损骨化过程中骨移植材料的介电特性会在骨生成过程中发生变化,此类装置可通过将介电特性的变化识别为共振频率的偏移,来监测缺损向骨的逐渐转变。基于计算头部模型的、使用计算软件技术(CST)微波工作室® 的模拟结果与头部模型的实验室结果高度吻合,其中还包括与人体头部的体内测量结果的比较。此外,还提供了基于动力学考虑的归纳推理讨论。由于新生儿的皮肤弹性较高,拉伸和褶皱可能较为明显。此外,由于新生儿典型的头部曲率,弯曲不应是一个重大问题,并且可以在缺损区域提供更高的能量聚焦并提高贴合性。本概念可支持开发柔软、廉价且便携的随访监测系统,用于门诊医院和家庭护理环境中,以对重建手术后的骨愈合进行术后监测。