CenBRAIN’s New Publication in MDPI Biosensors

Titled “A Closed-Loop Approach to Fight Coronavirus: Early Detection and Subsequent Treatment”, this contribution has been published in MDPI Biosensors. In this project, we present novel solutions to deal with COVID-19: portable biosensing and wearable photoacoustic imaging for early and accurate diagnosis of infection and magnetic neuromodulation or minimally invasive electrical stimulation to replace traditional ventilation. Congratulations to Guoguang Rongand to this paper’s co-authors for this excellent achievement. More information can be found at the following link: https://doi.org/10.3390/bios12100900

Abstract

The recent COVID-19 pandemic has caused tremendous damage to the social economy and people’s health. Some major issues fighting COVID-19 include early and accurate diagnosis and the shortage of ventilator machines for critical patients. In this manuscript, we describe a novel solution to deal with COVID-19: portable biosensing and wearable photoacoustic imaging for early and accurate diagnosis of infection and magnetic neuromodulation or minimally invasive electrical stimulation to replace traditional ventilation. The solution is a closed-loop system in that the three modules are integrated together and form a loop to cover all-phase strategies for fighting COVID-19. The proposed technique can guarantee ubiquitous and onsite detection, and an electrical hypoglossal stimulator can be more effective in helping severe patients and reducing complications caused by ventilators.

Fig.1: Proposedwearableclosed-loop solution for COVID-19,composed ofthree main parts:biosensor,photoacoustic imaginginterface, andmagnetic/electrical stimulator.