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Tiny new probe can monitor an unborn baby’s health inside womb during surgery

New device (top) with the cushion inflated, shown with the computational model (bottom). The built-in cushion gently expands to hold the probe in stable contact with the fetus without causing harm. (John A. Rogers / Northwestern University via SWNS)

By Stephen Beech

A tiny new probe can monitor an unborn baby's health inside the womb during surgery.

Tiny new probe can monitor an unborn baby’s health inside womb during surgery

New probe is just three times the width of the diameter of a single hair. (John A. Rogers / Northwestern University via SWNS)

Tiny new probe can monitor an unborn baby’s health inside womb during surgery

This illustration shows how the new probe enters a surgical port to reach a fetus in utero. (John A. Rogers / Northwestern University via SWNS)

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