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A temporary tattoo that brings hospital care to the home

1,537,886 views | Todd Coleman • TEDMED 2015

What if doctors could monitor patients at home with the same degree of accuracy they'd get during a stay at the hospital? Bioelectronics innovator Todd Coleman shares his quest to develop wearable, flexible electronic health monitoring patches that promise to revolutionize healthcare and make medicine less invasive.

What if doctors could monitor patients at home with the same degree of accuracy they'd get during a stay at the hospital? Bioelectronics innovator Todd Coleman shares his quest to develop wearable, flexible electronic health monitoring patches that promise to revolutionize healthcare and make medicine less invasive.

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UCSD bioengineering professor Todd Coleman integratively spans the disciplines of medical electronics, machine learning and public health.

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