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Wearable tech aids stroke patients 可穿戴“電子皮膚”助中風(fēng)病人康復(fù)

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What was the challenge for the scientists when creating the device which monitors the patient's recovery?

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Technology you can wear. Skin displays developed by Japanese researchers that show your vital signs. It's to put on patients, so that doctors can monitor their progress.

The displays are among a new wave of wearable electronics finding medical applications.

In the US, Lizzy McAninch had a stroketwo years ago. She couldn't move or speak or swallow for several weeks. Lizzy is testing out wearable sensors that might speed her recovery.

They send information wirelessly to the medical team. The doctors here can continuously monitor Lizzy, wherever she goes using these devices. They can follow her muscle activity, her heart rate, even her speech - track whether she's showing signs of improvement.

Kristen Hohl, Physiotherapist
Do we see that they're walking more at home or do we see that they’re engaging in conversations? Those are the types of things I can get feedback from the sensors, where currently I only have their report.

The challenge for the scientists was to pack a lot of electronics into a small flexible material.

Professor John Rogers, Northwestern University (Chicago, US)
It’s almost mechanically sort of imperceptible to the patient who's wearing the device. And you can embed all sorts of advanced sensor functionality, microprocessor, computing capability, radios, power supplies, into this kind of very unusual platform, and that's the uniqueness of what we do.

By the end of this year, the team will have more information than anyone has ever had before about recovery from stroke. They believe that their study could transform the way patients are treated in the future.

可以穿在身上的技術(shù)。由日本研究者們開(kāi)發(fā)的“電子皮膚”可以顯示你的生命體征。這種技術(shù)給病人佩戴后，可以幫助醫(yī)生監(jiān)測(cè)他們的體況。

這項(xiàng)智能顯示技術(shù)與其它眾多可佩戴電子產(chǎn)品掀起了可佩戴技術(shù)尋找醫(yī)學(xué)用途的新風(fēng)潮。

在美國(guó)，利齊·麥卡寧奇兩年前患了中風(fēng)。她曾有數(shù)周不能動(dòng)，不能說(shuō)話(huà)，也不能吞咽。利齊正在測(cè)試這種可能加快她的康復(fù)的可穿戴傳感器。

這些傳感器把收集到的信息通過(guò)無(wú)線傳輸發(fā)送給醫(yī)護(hù)人員。醫(yī)生可以不間斷地對(duì)利齊進(jìn)行監(jiān)測(cè)，不論她走到哪里，只要她戴著這個(gè)設(shè)備。醫(yī)生可以追蹤監(jiān)測(cè)她的肌肉活動(dòng)性，她的心率，甚至她的說(shuō)話(huà)能力，從而跟進(jìn)判斷她是否有好轉(zhuǎn)的跡象。

克里斯汀·霍爾 理療醫(yī)師
“我們能看到他們?cè)诩抑行凶叩母啵蚩吹剿麄儏⑴c到各種對(duì)話(huà)中了嗎？這就是我可以從傳感器得到的信息，而目前我只有他們的報(bào)告。”

對(duì)于科學(xué)家們的挑戰(zhàn)則是把大量的電子設(shè)備聚集放入一種輕薄靈活的材料中去。

約翰·羅杰斯教授 西北大學(xué)（美國(guó)芝加哥）
“這個(gè)東西對(duì)于穿戴它的病人來(lái)說(shuō)是幾乎難以察覺(jué)的。而且你還可以將多種先進(jìn)的傳感器的功能，微處理器，計(jì)算能力，無(wú)線電收發(fā)設(shè)備和電源嵌入這個(gè)不尋常的技術(shù)平臺(tái)中，這也正是我們做的獨(dú)一無(wú)二的地方。”

到今年年底，這組開(kāi)發(fā)人員將收集到比以往任何時(shí)候都多的關(guān)于中風(fēng)康復(fù)的數(shù)據(jù)。他們相信這個(gè)研究將徹底改變未來(lái)病人接受治療的方式。

詞匯

vital signs
生命跡象，生命體征

monitor (their) progress
監(jiān)測(cè)（他們的）體況

speed (her) recovery
加快（她的）康復(fù)

medical team
醫(yī)療小組，醫(yī)護(hù)人員

heart rate
心率

你知道嗎？

The best way to help prevent a stroke is to eat a healthy diet, exercise regularly, and avoid smoking and drinking too much alcohol, according to the UK National Health Service.

英國(guó)國(guó)家醫(yī)療服務(wù)體系說(shuō)，預(yù)防中風(fēng)最好的方式是健康飲食，定期鍛煉，不吸煙和不過(guò)量飲酒。

問(wèn)題答案

The challenge was to pack a lot of electronics into a small flexible material.