Engineers have been working to try and develop a smart stent. The idea of this is to try and detect any changes that are in the blood and it also helps doctors to monitor the amount of blood that is being pumped through the arteries as well. Those who work in engineering jobs or even in electrical engineer jobs will know more than anyone how incredible this is. The stent device actually uses medical grade steel and it looks very similar to that of a commercial stent.

The idea is that the stents are implanted into the arteries. They are designed to try and stop heart attacks but the problem is that a lot of people have experienced restenosis. This is otherwise known as narrowing of the arteries, but this can easily lead to a ton of complications. It can even lead you to experiencing medical intervention as well. A team over at UBC have stated that the monitors all work to detect subtle changes in the blood flow and that all of this is done through the arteries. The stent has the ability to detect this at the earliest stage and it also makes them very good at detecting any problems during recovery after an operation. The stent function has been edited so that it is now a miniature antenna. This is a micro sensor and it is incredible to think that it could go on to save so many lives. Of course, only time will tell if the whole thing is going to come into play or not, but it could help a lot of people and it could also help doctors to try and keep their patients way more safe as well so this is well-worth the research.