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Stick it to the beating heart!

Stick it to the beating heart!

How to noninvasively attach something to the surface of the heart, beating heart. How about sticking it? In scientific way it is called - adhesion. 

To make sure that our graphene electrode Heart Sense will stay in the right position we have discovered the way to reinforce the adhesion. Graphene was supported with adhesion promotor – polysaccharide. It increased adhesion several times and still remained safe for heart tissue. It is possible to stick Heart Sense up to 30 times and electrode remains stable and conducts signal. 

We have tested safety of this solution both on arrested muscle and on beating heart. There was no signs of tissue damage or electrode defragmentation. 

Heart Sense is the first non-invasive electrode for ECG monitoring directly from the surface of beating heart.