The use of micro-electro mechanical systems in vascular monitoring: implications for clinical use.

Abstract

INTRODUCTION:

BioMEMS relates to the implementation of Micro-Electro-Mechanical Systems (MEMS), in the biological and medical sphere. BioMEMS sensors are being utilized for many clinical applications, including a wireless urinary pressure system, right heart pressure sensor, and measurements on shearing force on the vascular system An important application of BioMEMS is on Heart failure (HF), a common disease, with a prevalence of 10% or more in persons 70 years of age or older, associated with high morbidity and mortality. HF affects over 5 million people and contributes to over 200,000 deaths a year in the United States alone.

AREAS COVERED:

The purpose of this paper is to provide a short overview on the successful implementation of BioMEMS sensors in heart failure and vascular medicine. Expert commentary: BioMEMS devices have overcome current limitations in pharmacotherapies for resistant hypertension by electrical modulation of the baroreceeptors. This represents a step towards the development of biomedical micro-devices for those conditions in which pharmacotherapies result poorly effective or elicit unacceptable toxicity.

• Authors: Mahyar Pourriahi, Pablo Gurman, Jonathan Daich, Philip Cynamon, Aaron Richler, Noel Elman, Yitzhak Rosen
• Journal: Expert review of medical devices (Expert Rev Med Devices) Vol. 13 Issue 9 Pg. 831-7 (Sep 2016) ISSN: 1745-2422 [Electronic] England
• PMID: 27487249 (Publication Type: Journal Article, Review)

Topics

• Cardiology
• Clinical Trials as Topic
• Heart Failure (diagnosis)
• Humans
• Micro-Electrical-Mechanical Systems (methods)
• Monitoring, Physiologic (methods)
• Pressure