Wearable bio-adhesive metal detector array (BioMDA) for spinal implants

Dynamic tracking of spinal instrumentation could facilitate real-time evaluation of hardware integrity and in so doing alert patients/clinicians of potential failure(s). Critically, no method yet exists to continually monitor the integrity of spinal hardware and by proxy the process of spinal arthro...

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Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Mechanical Engineering
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Language:English
Published: Springer Science and Business Media LLC 2025
Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/158147
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description Dynamic tracking of spinal instrumentation could facilitate real-time evaluation of hardware integrity and in so doing alert patients/clinicians of potential failure(s). Critically, no method yet exists to continually monitor the integrity of spinal hardware and by proxy the process of spinal arthrodesis; as such hardware failures are often not appreciated until clinical symptoms manifest. Accordingly, herein, we report on the development and engineering of a bio-adhesive metal detector array (BioMDA), a potential wearable solution for real-time, non-invasive positional analyses of osseous implants within the spine. The electromagnetic coupling mechanism and intimate interfacial adhesion enable the precise sensing of the metallic implants position without the use of radiation. The customized decoupling models developed facilitate the precise determination of the horizontal and vertical positions of the implants with incredible levels of accuracy (e.g., <0.5 mm). These data support the potential use of BioMDA in real-time/dynamic postoperative monitoring of spinal implants.
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spelling mit-1721.1/1581472025-01-31T19:27:41Z Wearable bio-adhesive metal detector array (BioMDA) for spinal implants Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Mechanical Engineering Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research at MIT Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard Dynamic tracking of spinal instrumentation could facilitate real-time evaluation of hardware integrity and in so doing alert patients/clinicians of potential failure(s). Critically, no method yet exists to continually monitor the integrity of spinal hardware and by proxy the process of spinal arthrodesis; as such hardware failures are often not appreciated until clinical symptoms manifest. Accordingly, herein, we report on the development and engineering of a bio-adhesive metal detector array (BioMDA), a potential wearable solution for real-time, non-invasive positional analyses of osseous implants within the spine. The electromagnetic coupling mechanism and intimate interfacial adhesion enable the precise sensing of the metallic implants position without the use of radiation. The customized decoupling models developed facilitate the precise determination of the horizontal and vertical positions of the implants with incredible levels of accuracy (e.g., <0.5 mm). These data support the potential use of BioMDA in real-time/dynamic postoperative monitoring of spinal implants. 2025-01-31T19:27:39Z 2025-01-31T19:27:39Z 2024-09-06 2025-01-31T19:17:08Z Article http://purl.org/eprint/type/JournalArticle https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/158147 Li, J., Jia, S., Li, D. et al. Wearable bio-adhesive metal detector array (BioMDA) for spinal implants. Nat Commun 15, 7800 (2024). en 10.1038/s41467-024-51987-2 Nature Communications Creative Commons Attribution https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ application/pdf Springer Science and Business Media LLC Springer Science and Business Media LLC
spellingShingle Wearable bio-adhesive metal detector array (BioMDA) for spinal implants
title Wearable bio-adhesive metal detector array (BioMDA) for spinal implants
title_full Wearable bio-adhesive metal detector array (BioMDA) for spinal implants
title_fullStr Wearable bio-adhesive metal detector array (BioMDA) for spinal implants
title_full_unstemmed Wearable bio-adhesive metal detector array (BioMDA) for spinal implants
title_short Wearable bio-adhesive metal detector array (BioMDA) for spinal implants
title_sort wearable bio adhesive metal detector array biomda for spinal implants
url https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/158147