Project launched to develop adaptive 4D health tech devices

Researchers at the University of Birmingham and Imperial College London have launched a three year project to improve how medical devices adapt to changes in the body over time.

The 4D engineering of healthcare technologies (4D Health Tech) initiative will explore how devices can be designed to account for time-based factors such as bodily movement, tissue repair and age-related degeneration.

Sophie Cox, project lead at the University of Birmingham, said: “Our bodies change over time as we grow, move and regenerate, but products designed to replace or repair our bodies typically neglect the dimension of time, compromising their function…