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ClearOhm Silver Nanowires in Breakthrough Medical Application

Sigmascreening, Claymount and Cambrios to enable less painful, more accurate breast cancer exams.

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By: DAVID SAVASTANO

Editor, Ink World Magazine

Cambrios Technologies announced its ClearOhm silver nanowire-based flexible sensor made by Netherlands-based Claymount, are being used in a first-of-its-kind mammogram product from Amsterdam-based Sigmascreening. Examination for breast cancer requires X-rays of flattened breast tissue. With the existing machines this process is very painful. Sigmascreening has designed a new compression plate, the Sensitive Sigma Paddle, which takes into account the size of the breast and stiffness of the bre...

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