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Purdue researchers develop biosensor for use during surgery

June 18, 2021 By Nancy Crotti

Printable biosensor on a pig heart

The fully printable biosensor is wrapped around a pig heart. (Image from Purdue University)

Surgeons may soon be able to identify critical regions in tissues and organs during surgery using a biosensor recently developed at Purdue University.

The biosensor can be printed in 3D using an automated printing system and allows for simultaneous recording and imaging of tissues and organs during surgery, according to its creator, Chi Hwan Lee. Lee is the Leslie A. Geddes Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering in the Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering and assistant professor of mechanical engineering.

“Simultaneous recording and imaging could be useful during heart surgery in localizing critical regions and guiding surgical interventions such as a procedure for restoring normal heart rhythms,” Lee said in a news release.

Traditional methods to simultaneously record and image tissues and organs have proven difficult because other sensors used for recording typically interrupt the imaging process.

“To this end, we have developed an ultra-soft, thin and stretchable biosensor that is capable of seamlessly interfacing with the curvilinear surface of organs; for example, the heart, even under large mechanical deformations, for example, cardiac cycles,” Lee said. “This unique feature enables the simultaneous recording and imaging, which allows us to accurately indicate the origin of disease conditions: in this example, real-time observations on the propagation of myocardial infarction in 3D.”

By using soft bio-inks during the rapid prototyping of a custom-fit design, biosensors fit a variety of sizes and shapes of an organ. The bio-inks are softer than tissue, stretch without experiencing sensor degradation, and have reliable natural adhesion to the wet surface of organs without needing additional adhesives, according to the release. Kwan-Soo Lee’s research group in Los Alamos National Laboratory is responsible for the formulation and synthesis of the bio-inks.

Purdue researchers have produced a number of prototype biosensors using different shapes, sizes and configurations. Craig Goergen, the Leslie A. Geddes Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering in Purdue’s Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering, and his laboratory group have tested the prototypes in mice and pigs in vivo.

“Professor Goergen and his team were successfully able to identify the exact location of myocardial infarctions over time using the prototype biosensors,” Lee said. “In addition to these tests, they also evaluated the biocompatibility and anti-biofouling properties of the biosensors, as well as the effects of the biosensors on cardiac function. They have shown no significant adverse effects.”

Research about the biosensor has been published in Nature Communications.

The Purdue Research Foundation Office of Technology Commercialization has filed a patent application on Lee’s biosensor.

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