Fibre-Optic Catheter To Change Way Doctors Monitor Human Body, Flinders University Study

A unique fibre-optic catheter with the potential to change the way doctors monitor some of the human body's core functions is being prepared for commercial production in South Australia. Developed by a team now based at the Medical Device Research Institute (MDRI) at Flinders University in Adelaide, the pressure-sensing catheter can record and characterise muscular activity inside the body to a level of detail previously not thought possible.

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