Smartphone-Controlled Pain Relief Patch

Dec-16-14 A thermal pain-relief patch equipped with Bluetooth capablity could eventually replace the chemical versions and allow users to control the patch's temperature with a smartphone.

Created by a team from King Abdullah University, the prototype version of the patch is made of off-the-shelf control electronics, including an Arduino Uno microcontroller board and a Seeed Studio Bluetooth Shield, and is powered by a standard coin battery. The key to the patch's flexibility lies in the team's use of copper interconnects, which are arranged in a fractal pattern that allows the interconnects to stretch up to 800 percent without damage. The copper supplies the power to the heating array as well as the communication technology, allowing the heat to be controlled by a smartphone, and the entire device is said to cost less than $4 to build.

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