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The strong, conformal mechanical coupling between these sensors and underlying living tissue also opens new avenues for unusual sensing modalities with immediate applications in clinical medicine. Devices for the continuous thermal characterization of living tissue represent one such opportunity and the work presented here illustrates a set of materials, mechanics and electronics designs required to realize fully functional sensors for temperature and flow mapping through biological conduits. Advanced powering and data transmission and powering schemes relying on near-field communication and Bluetooth protocols allow the sensors to be continuously worn for extended periods. Measurements of hydration in outer skin layers, cerebrospinal fluid flow through indwelling ventricular shunts and blood flow through peripheral nerve vasculature represent three use cases in dermatology, neurosurgery and neuroscience, respectively. 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