Magnetic Tracking: A Facile Magnetic System for Tracking of Medical Devices (Adv. Mater. Technol. 6/2021)
Liam Swanepoel, Nouf A. Alsharif, Alexander Przybysz, Pieter Rousseau Fourie, Pierre Goussard, M. A. Khan, Abdullah S. Almansouri, Jürgen Kosel · Advanced Materials Technologies · 2021
In article number 2100346, Jürgen Kosel and coworkers develop a facile magnetic tracking system for subcutaneous medical devices, consisting of a lightweight, flexible permanent magnet at the tip and a sensing unit to scan the dermal surface. It enables locating and tracking in a handheld format without the use of x-ray imaging and contrast dyes.