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Wearable, inexpensive robotic sleeve for lymphedema treatment
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Wearable, inexpensive robotic sleeve for lymphedema treatment

by American Institute of Physics Images of the lymphedema sleeve (left) and a diagram of its components (right). The microfluidic chip sequentially inflates and deflates balloons, creating pressure and pushing fluid through the arm. Credit: Carolyn Ren Lymphedema often occurs in survivors of breast cancer, because they are at high risk for lymph node damage...

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Soft robotic sleeve hugs the heart to keep it beating – and could save patients from a lifetime on post-surgery drugs

Currently, pumps are made of tough material, and the blood has to run through them, increasing infection risk This device lightly squeezes the heart to help it keep pumping blood It could prevent lopsided pumping that causes the other half of the heart to fail It could also allow patients to forego debilitating post-surgery drugs...

November 28, 2017November 28, 2017by In Devices