How light technology is changing medicine - Sajan Saini
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It’s an increasingly common sight in hospitals around the world: a nurse measures our height, weight, blood pressure, and attaches a glowing plastic clip to our finger. Suddenly, a digital screen reads out the oxygen level in our bloodstream. How did that happen? Sajan Saini shows how pairing light with integrated photonics is leading to new medical technologies and less invasive diagnostic tools.
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Meet The Creators
- Educator Sajan Saini
- Director Igor Coric
- Narrator Addison Anderson
- Animator Nemanja Petrovic
- Sound Designer Nemanja Petrovic
- Producer Milica Lapcevic
- Director of Production Gerta Xhelo
- Editorial Producer Alex Rosenthal
- Associate Producer Bethany Cutmore-Scott
- Fact-Checker Eden Girma
