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• Nearly half of all adults in the United States live with hypertension, and for roughly one in ten of them, conventional drug treatments simply don’t work. A research team at Pennsylvania State University (PSU) has developed a potential answer: a soft, 3D printed bioelectronic device that attaches directly to one of the body’s most critical…
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Nearly half of all adults in the United States live with hypertension, and for roughly one in ten of them, conventional drug treatments simply don’t work. A research team at Pennsylvania State University (PSU) has developed a potential answer: a soft, 3D printed bioelectronic device that attaches directly to one of the body’s most critical arteries and uses gentle electrical signals to bring blood pressure under control.
The device, called CaroFlex, was developed by a team led by Tao Zhou, Wormley Family Early Career Assistant Professor of Engineering Science and Mechanics, and tested in rodent models. Results were detailed in a paper published in the journal Device. For patients whose blood pressure remains elevated despite taking three to five medications simultaneously, the research po