{"id":8048,"date":"2023-04-26T12:11:25","date_gmt":"2023-04-26T09:11:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/urbancare.clinic\/graphene-tattoo-could-help-maintain-healthy-heart-rhythm-new-study-finds\/"},"modified":"2023-04-26T12:11:25","modified_gmt":"2023-04-26T09:11:25","slug":"il-tatuaggio-al-grafene-potrebbe-aiutare-a-mantenere-un-ritmo-cardiaco-sano-secondo-un-nuovo-studio","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/urbancare.clinic\/it\/il-tatuaggio-al-grafene-potrebbe-aiutare-a-mantenere-un-ritmo-cardiaco-sano-secondo-un-nuovo-studio\/","title":{"rendered":"Il tatuaggio al grafene potrebbe aiutare a mantenere un ritmo cardiaco sano, secondo un nuovo studio"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Sembra che i tatuaggi non siano sempre solo una questione estetica, alcuni possono anche giovare al cuore. Secondo quanto riferito, i ricercatori hanno sviluppato un nuovo tatuaggio a base di grafene che aiuter\u00e0 il cuore a mantenere il suo battito.<\/p>\n<p>Secondo uno studio pubblicato in <a rel=\"noopener nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/onlinelibrary.wiley.com\/doi\/10.1002\/adma.202212190\" target=\"_blank\">Materiale avanzato<\/a>, il tatuaggio al grafene, pi\u00f9 simile ai pacemaker convenzionali, emette impulsi elettrici che generano un battito cardiaco migliore. Gli scienziati hanno condotto uno studio su un modello di topo e hanno scoperto che ha riportato in pista un battito anormalmente lento.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Cos&#039;\u00e8 la tecnologia del grafene?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Come parte dello studio, i ricercatori intendono integrare un sottile film di sensori costituito da atomi di carbonio nel corpo umano per monitorare e trattare alcuni problemi di salute vitali, secondo <a rel=\"noopener nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.grapheneuses.org\/what-is-graphene\/#:~:text=Graphene%20is%20a%20key%20material%20to%20use%20for,graphene%20that%20can%20sense%20changes%20in%20surroundings%20easily.\" target=\"_blank\">Usi del grafene.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Il dispositivo elettronico \u00e8 ancora allo stadio di proof-of-concept, ma nei prossimi cinque anni sar\u00e0 pronto per essere utilizzato nei cuori umani.<\/p>\n<p>Il ricercatore capo dello studio, Igor Efimov, ingegnere cardiovascolare presso la Northwestern University di Chicago, e il suo team hanno esplorato per anni i modi per unire i rigidi cablaggi elettronici con i tessuti morbidi e palpitanti del corpo. Il team stava cercando in particolare di sviluppare un dispositivo impiantabile poich\u00e9 gli attuali pacemaker, che comportano l&#039;aggiunta di elettrodi su fili lunghi, tendono a subire usura a causa della flessione dei fili.<\/p>\n<p>Una possibile soluzione, afferma Effimov, \u00e8 sviluppare un materiale ultrasottile che aderisca perfettamente al cuore e tenga il passo con i suoi oltre 100.000 ritmi al giorno senza andare in tilt.<\/p>\n<p>L&#039;aspetto positivo dei tatuaggi al grafene \u00e8 che sono &quot;atomicamente sottili&quot; rispetto ai componenti metallici spesso usati nell&#039;elettronica, ha detto Dmitry Kireev, un ingegnere biomedico dell&#039;Universit\u00e0 del Texas ad Austin che ha sviluppato i tatuaggi al grafene <a rel=\"noopener nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencenews.org\/article\/graphene-tattoo-heart-beat-pacemaker\" target=\"_blank\">Notizie di scienza.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Il grafene \u00e8 uno strato di atomi di carbonio, disposti a nido d&#039;ape.<\/p>\n<p>Il tatuaggio pi\u00f9 recente \u00e8 realizzato incuneando un sottile strato di grafene tra fogli di silicone elastico e polimero ultrasottile. I fili di grafene sono collegati a una fonte di alimentazione principale attraverso il nastro d&#039;oro (un sottile strato d&#039;oro che viene utilizzato per effettuare collegamenti elettrici a dispositivi elettronici a base di grafene), consentendo cos\u00ec all&#039;elettricit\u00e0 di passare attraverso il dispositivo.<\/p>\n<p>Efimov ha detto che cercheranno di rendere il dispositivo indipendente in futuro. Per questo, interromperanno l&#039;uso del cablaggio e lo doteranno invece di un&#039;antenna. L&#039;antenna trarr\u00e0 segnali elettrici da un dispositivo esterno posizionato sul petto di una persona. Ed Efimov spera che un giorno i dispositivi al grafene diventino piccoli come un chicco di riso, pronti per essere iniettati nel muscolo cardiaco per svolgere le funzioni del pacemaker e ridurre l&#039;uso di componenti goffi.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"imageBox\">\n<div class=\"innerBox\"><picture class=\"mapping-embed\" width=\"736\" height=\"552\"><source type=\"image\/webp\" media=\"(min-width: 1100px)\" sizes=\"736px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/d.medicaldaily.com\/en\/full\/469380\/graphene-tattoo.webp?w=736&amp;f=61bdd3451e4199f6ea469268e3d4ec68 736w\"><source type=\"image\/jpeg\" media=\"(min-width: 1100px)\" sizes=\"736px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/urbancare.clinic\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/graphene-tattoo-could-help-maintain-healthy-heart-rhythm-new-study-finds.jpg 736w\"><source type=\"image\/webp\" media=\"(min-width: 768px)\" sizes=\"1000px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/d.medicaldaily.com\/en\/full\/469380\/graphene-tattoo.webp?w=1100&amp;f=5d6467486dc0ca2c0a636ceace9b43bf 1100w\"><source type=\"image\/jpeg\" media=\"(min-width: 768px)\" sizes=\"1000px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/d.medicaldaily.com\/en\/full\/469380\/graphene-tattoo.jpg?w=1100&amp;f=5d6467486dc0ca2c0a636ceace9b43bf 1100w\"><source type=\"image\/webp\" media=\"(min-width: 480px)\" sizes=\"736px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/d.medicaldaily.com\/en\/full\/469380\/graphene-tattoo.webp?w=736&amp;f=61bdd3451e4199f6ea469268e3d4ec68 736w\"><source type=\"image\/jpeg\" media=\"(min-width: 480px)\" sizes=\"736px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/urbancare.clinic\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/graphene-tattoo-could-help-maintain-healthy-heart-rhythm-new-study-finds.jpg 736w\"><source type=\"image\/webp\" media=\"(min-width: 0px)\" sizes=\"480px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/d.medicaldaily.com\/en\/full\/469380\/graphene-tattoo.webp?w=480&amp;f=ccde04c6c190101a27f851557789426b 480w\"><source type=\"image\/jpeg\" media=\"(min-width: 0px)\" sizes=\"480px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/d.medicaldaily.com\/en\/full\/469380\/graphene-tattoo.jpg?w=480&amp;f=ccde04c6c190101a27f851557789426b 480w\"><source type=\"image\/webp\" srcset=\"https:\/\/d.medicaldaily.com\/en\/full\/469380\/graphene-tattoo.webp?w=736&amp;f=61bdd3451e4199f6ea469268e3d4ec68\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"mapping-embed imgPhoto\" id=\"i469380\" src=\"https:\/\/urbancare.clinic\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/graphene-tattoo-could-help-maintain-healthy-heart-rhythm-new-study-finds.jpg\" alt=\"Tatuaggio al grafene \" width=\"736\" height=\"552\" style=\"display:none\"><\/picture><\/div><figcaption class=\"caption\">\n<span class=\"cap\">Tatuaggio al grafene<\/span><br \/>\n<span class=\"credit\">Pixabay<\/span><br \/>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.medicaldaily.com\/graphene-tattoo-could-help-maintain-healthy-heart-rhythm-new-study-finds-469548\">Fonte quotidiana medica<\/a><\/p>\n<p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sembra che i tatuaggi non siano sempre solo una questione estetica, alcuni possono anche giovare al cuore. Secondo quanto riferito, i ricercatori hanno sviluppato un nuovo tatuaggio a base di grafene che aiuter\u00e0 il cuore a mantenere il suo battito.<\/p>\n<p>Secondo uno studio pubblicato in <a rel=\"noopener nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/onlinelibrary.wiley.com\/doi\/10.1002\/adma.202212190\" target=\"_blank\">Materiale avanzato<\/a>, il tatuaggio al grafene, pi\u00f9 simile ai pacemaker convenzionali, emette impulsi elettrici che generano un battito cardiaco migliore. Gli scienziati hanno condotto uno studio su un modello di topo e hanno scoperto che ha riportato in pista un battito anormalmente lento.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Cos&#039;\u00e8 la tecnologia del grafene?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Come parte dello studio, i ricercatori intendono integrare un sottile film di sensori costituito da atomi di carbonio nel corpo umano per monitorare e trattare alcuni problemi di salute vitali, secondo <a rel=\"noopener nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.grapheneuses.org\/what-is-graphene\/#:~:text=Graphene%20is%20a%20key%20material%20to%20use%20for,graphene%20that%20can%20sense%20changes%20in%20surroundings%20easily.\" target=\"_blank\">Usi del grafene.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Il dispositivo elettronico \u00e8 ancora allo stadio di proof-of-concept, ma nei prossimi cinque anni sar\u00e0 pronto per essere utilizzato nei cuori umani.<\/p>\n<p>Il ricercatore capo dello studio, Igor Efimov, ingegnere cardiovascolare presso la Northwestern University di Chicago, e il suo team hanno esplorato per anni i modi per unire i rigidi cablaggi elettronici con i tessuti morbidi e palpitanti del corpo. Il team stava cercando in particolare di sviluppare un dispositivo impiantabile poich\u00e9 gli attuali pacemaker, che comportano l&#039;aggiunta di elettrodi su fili lunghi, tendono a subire usura a causa della flessione dei fili.<\/p>\n<p>Una possibile soluzione, afferma Effimov, \u00e8 sviluppare un materiale ultrasottile che aderisca perfettamente al cuore e tenga il passo con i suoi oltre 100.000 ritmi al giorno senza andare in tilt.<\/p>\n<p>L&#039;aspetto positivo dei tatuaggi al grafene \u00e8 che sono &quot;atomicamente sottili&quot; rispetto ai componenti metallici spesso usati nell&#039;elettronica, ha detto Dmitry Kireev, un ingegnere biomedico dell&#039;Universit\u00e0 del Texas ad Austin che ha sviluppato i tatuaggi al grafene <a rel=\"noopener nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencenews.org\/article\/graphene-tattoo-heart-beat-pacemaker\" target=\"_blank\">Notizie di scienza.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Il grafene \u00e8 uno strato di atomi di carbonio, disposti a nido d&#039;ape.<\/p>\n<p>Il tatuaggio pi\u00f9 recente \u00e8 realizzato incuneando un sottile strato di grafene tra fogli di silicone elastico e polimero ultrasottile. I fili di grafene sono collegati a una fonte di alimentazione principale attraverso il nastro d&#039;oro (un sottile strato d&#039;oro che viene utilizzato per effettuare collegamenti elettrici a dispositivi elettronici a base di grafene), consentendo cos\u00ec all&#039;elettricit\u00e0 di passare attraverso il dispositivo.<\/p>\n<p>Efimov ha detto che cercheranno di rendere il dispositivo indipendente in futuro. Per questo, interromperanno l&#039;uso del cablaggio e lo doteranno invece di un&#039;antenna. L&#039;antenna trarr\u00e0 segnali elettrici da un dispositivo esterno posizionato sul petto di una persona. Ed Efimov spera che un giorno i dispositivi al grafene diventino piccoli come un chicco di riso, pronti per essere iniettati nel muscolo cardiaco per svolgere le funzioni del pacemaker e ridurre l&#039;uso di componenti goffi.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"imageBox\">\n<div class=\"innerBox\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"mapping-embed imgPhoto\" id=\"i469380\" src=\"https:\/\/urbancare.clinic\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/graphene-tattoo-could-help-maintain-healthy-heart-rhythm-new-study-finds.jpg\" alt=\"Tatuaggio al grafene \" width=\"736\" height=\"552\"><\/div><figcaption class=\"caption\">\n<span class=\"cap\">Tatuaggio al grafene<\/span><br \/>\n<span class=\"credit\">Pixabay<\/span><br \/>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":8049,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"Default","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/urbancare.clinic\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/graphene-tattoo-could-help-maintain-healthy-heart-rhythm-new-study-finds.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8048","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Graphene Tattoo Could Help Maintain Healthy Heart Rhythm, New Study Finds - Urban Care Clinic<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/urbancare.clinic\/it\/il-tatuaggio-al-grafene-potrebbe-aiutare-a-mantenere-un-ritmo-cardiaco-sano-secondo-un-nuovo-studio\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"it_IT\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Graphene Tattoo Could Help Maintain Healthy Heart Rhythm, New Study Finds - Urban Care Clinic\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"It seems tattoos aren&#039;t always just about aesthetic appeal, some can even benefit the heart. Researchers have reportedly developed a new graphene-based tattoo that will help the heart keep its beat.As per a study published in Advanced Materials, the graphene tattoo, more like conventional pacemakers, emits electrical impulses that generate a better heartbeat. Scientists conducted a mouse model study and found it brought an abnormally sluggish beat back on track.What is graphene technology?As part of the study, the researchers intend to integrate a thin film of sensors built up of carbon atoms into the human body to monitor and treat some vital health issues, according to Graphene Uses.The electronic device is still at the proof-of-concept stage, but in the coming five years will be ready to be used in human hearts.The lead researcher of the study, Igor Efimov, a cardiovascular engineer at Northwestern University in Chicago, and his team for years have explored the ways of conjoin rigid electronic wirings with the soft, throbbing tissues of the body. The team was particularly looking at developing an implantable device as the current pacemakers, which involve adding electrodes on long wires, tend to suffer wear and tear due to the flexing of wires.One possible solution, Effimov says, is to develop an ultra-thin material that sticks to the heart fine and keeps up with its more than 100,000 rhythms per day without going haywire.The positive aspect of graphene tattoos is that they are &quot;atomically thin&quot; as compared to the metal components often used in electronics, Dmitry Kireev, a biomedical engineer at the University of Texas at Austin who developed the graphene tattoos, told Science News.Graphene is one layer of carbon atoms, which are arranged in the pattern of a honeycomb.The newest tattoo is made by wedging a thin layer of graphene between sheets of stretchy silicone and ultrathin polymer. The graphene wires are connected to a main power source through the gold tape (a thin layer of gold that is used to make electrical connections to graphene-based electronic devices), thereby allowing the electricity to zap through the device.Efimov said they will try and make the device independent in the future. For this, they will stop the use of wiring and equip it with an antenna instead. The antenna will draw electrical signals from an external device placed on a person&#039;s chest. And Efimov hopes someday the graphene devices will be as small as a rice grain, ready to be injected into the heart muscle to perform the pacemaker&#039;s duties and cut back on the use of clunky components. 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Researchers have reportedly developed a new graphene-based tattoo that will help the heart keep its beat.As per a study published in Advanced Materials, the graphene tattoo, more like conventional pacemakers, emits electrical impulses that generate a better heartbeat. Scientists conducted a mouse model study and found it brought an abnormally sluggish beat back on track.What is graphene technology?As part of the study, the researchers intend to integrate a thin film of sensors built up of carbon atoms into the human body to monitor and treat some vital health issues, according to Graphene Uses.The electronic device is still at the proof-of-concept stage, but in the coming five years will be ready to be used in human hearts.The lead researcher of the study, Igor Efimov, a cardiovascular engineer at Northwestern University in Chicago, and his team for years have explored the ways of conjoin rigid electronic wirings with the soft, throbbing tissues of the body. The team was particularly looking at developing an implantable device as the current pacemakers, which involve adding electrodes on long wires, tend to suffer wear and tear due to the flexing of wires.One possible solution, Effimov says, is to develop an ultra-thin material that sticks to the heart fine and keeps up with its more than 100,000 rhythms per day without going haywire.The positive aspect of graphene tattoos is that they are \"atomically thin\" as compared to the metal components often used in electronics, Dmitry Kireev, a biomedical engineer at the University of Texas at Austin who developed the graphene tattoos, told Science News.Graphene is one layer of carbon atoms, which are arranged in the pattern of a honeycomb.The newest tattoo is made by wedging a thin layer of graphene between sheets of stretchy silicone and ultrathin polymer. The graphene wires are connected to a main power source through the gold tape (a thin layer of gold that is used to make electrical connections to graphene-based electronic devices), thereby allowing the electricity to zap through the device.Efimov said they will try and make the device independent in the future. For this, they will stop the use of wiring and equip it with an antenna instead. The antenna will draw electrical signals from an external device placed on a person's chest. And Efimov hopes someday the graphene devices will be as small as a rice grain, ready to be injected into the heart muscle to perform the pacemaker's duties and cut back on the use of clunky components. 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