The research project, spawned by NIH efforts to create a “body-on-a-chip”, led to a lot of firsts, such as new 3D models for uterus and cervix, but it’s the applications that are generating the team’s excitement.
The device, called Wireless Instantaneous Neurotransmitter Concentration System (WINCS), can monitor and record electrical/chemical reactions in the brain. The technology excites outside experts who hope WINCS will eventually produce a system that independently delivers the right amount and frequency of electricity to a patient's brain based on real-time data.
By reducing administrative burden and redesigning workflows around human needs, it creates space for what matters most: connection between clinicians and patients.