The previously funded Nano-Tera RTD project called Implantable-IRONIC successfully investigated the fully integration of all the required components to obtain a platform for the remote and continuous monitoring of human metabolism. That platform includes a fully implantable biochip to detect of multiple-analytes (up to five), the temperature and the pH in the interstitial tissue on a body. The platform also includes a flexible device for the remote powering and data gathering of the data collected by all the implanted sensors. The results obtained by that research have been of high quality as demonstrated by the long list of published papers (both conferences and highly-ranked international journals) and by the invitation received to deliver keynote speeches related to the IRONIC project. The project has been also successful in term of the interaction with one of the involved industrial partner (Menarini Diagnostics) that is now highly interested in a more focused technology transfer of the best results obtained during the research activity of the implantable-IRONIC project toward a more specific application: the continuous monitoring of critical patients in intensive care units (ICU). [read on]
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