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Breaking Boundaries in Bioengineering

Imagine being a new parent and told your baby has an abnormal build-up of fluid on the brain, that a tube can be inserted to drain the excess fluid, only there’s a good chance in that in the future the tube will block?

The development of a remote monitoring device that can be inserted into the brains of people with hydrocephalus will be one of the cutting-edge areas of research presented by the Auckland Bioengineering Institute (ABI), at Breaking Boundaries in Bioengineering as part of TechWeek2021


Professor Simon Malpas who heads the Implantable Devices Research Group at the ABI, will describe his research into the development of a tiny implantable pressure sensor device that can be implanted in the brain of people with hydrocephalus.


Hydrocephalus is the most common among infants and one of the most frequently treated neurological disorders worldwide. It is caused by an obstruction in the circulation of cerebrospinal fluid (CFS) in ventricles deep inside the brain, which puts pressure on the brain tissue, and can cause a range of impairments in brain function.
Dr Malpas group is in the final crucial stages of research before the remote-sensing implantable device can be trialled in adults with the disorder, and could be life-changing for those with the disorder and their caregivers. “It also represents a major advance in the potential of telehealth, to use such technologies to meet the needs of patients and their caregivers, no matter they live or their socioeconomic status,” says Dr Malpas.

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Dr Malpas will be joined by Dr Hayley Reynolds, who is developing advanced software tools and imaging biomarkers to enable precision treatment of melanoma, breast cancer and prostate cancer.


They will also be joined by Amit Barde who is part of the ABI’s Empathic Computing Laboratory at the ABI, which is exploring new ways for technology to enable people to better understand one another, and communicate in Virtual Reality.


Register for Breaking Boundaries in Bioengineering, Shakespeare Restaurant & Brewery, 25 May, 6pm.

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