KAUST bioengineers have developed a flexible optoelectronic patch, or ePatch, that is worn on a patient’s skin and can continuously monitor blood pressure without the need for compressible cuffs or wired devices.

Continuous blood pressure monitoring could offer significant benefits across multiple health conditions, helping both patients and medical professionals. Deterioration in conditions such as cardiovascular disease and diabetes could be caught and treated more quickly if there were a comfortable, real-time method of monitoring blood pressure throughout patients’ daily lives.

“Wearable electronics enable 24/7 monitoring and deliver comprehensive data for health analysis without patients needing to attend multiple medical appointments,” says Yizhou Zhong, who worked on the project under the supervision of KAUST’s Sahika Inal as part of an international team from KAUST that included scientists from the United Kingdom, United States, and Spain.

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