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The non-invasive system monitors electrical activity in the stomach over 24 hours.
University of California, San Diego
A wearable, non-invasive system was developed to monitor electrical activity in the stomach over 24 hours - essentially an electrocardiogram for the gastro-intestinal (GI) tract. Monitoring for longer periods of time also increases the likelihood of capturing abnormal events.
The device is a BD-printed portable box connected to ten small, wearable electrodes. Data collected with the wearable system were comparable to data collected in a clinic with state-ofthe-art methods that are invasive, including a catheter inserted through the patient's nose. The paper The stomach's...