SwRI: Biosensor development team to create unique and sensitive sensors from the best-suited technology for the application.

Biosensing plays an important role in the advancement of patient care. Understanding a variety of technology building blocks allows a development team to create unique and sensitive sensors from the best-suited technology for the application. Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) can draw from a wide variety of specialists to develop your sensor.

 

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  • IN VIVO SENSING
  • FLUID DYNAMICS
  • MEMS
  • MAGNETIC
  • CATHETER
  • FORCE
  • PIEZOELECTRIC
  • ULTRASOUND
  • BIOLOGICAL
  • ACOUSTICS
  • SEISMIC
  • TEMPERATURE
  • DOPPLER
  • CHEMICAL
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image of a device identifies a heartbeat quickly, through multiple layers of clothing

Applying sophisticated digital signal processing techniques, SwRI engineers developed a seismic heart rate monitor for the U.S. Army. The device identifies a heartbeat quickly, through multiple layers of clothing.
   
image of a module-based handheld device was developed as a platform for environmental monitoring

This module-based handheld device was developed as a platform for environmental monitoring. The sensor module shown here records wind speed, humidity, temperature, radiation, and barometric pressure.
   
image of an orthopaedic device that incorporates sensors, electronics, and software to measure the motion between adjacent vertebrae

Through the SwRI Internal Research Program, an interdisciplinary project team developed an orthopaedic device that incorporates sensors, electronics, and software to measure the motion between adjacent vertebrae.
   

For more information about biosensor capabilities at SwRI or how you can contract with SwRI, please contact Keith Bartels, Ph.D., at kbartels@swri.org or (210) 522-6062.

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