Materials, mechanics designs and manufacturing systems are now available for electronic systems that achieve effective elastic moduli and bending stiffnesses matched to the surfaces of major organs of the body, including the skin, the heart and the brain.  Laminating such devices onto these tissues leads to conformal contact, and adequate adhesion based on van der Waals interactions alone, in a manner that can accommodate natural motions, without mechanical constraint.  In this talk, we highlight key aspects of this type of technology, with an emphasis on the materials, the soft lithographic manufacturing methods and several examples of clinically relevant modes of use.

Materials for devices that can wrap the soft, dynamic tissues of the body

246th National Meeting (2013)

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