Fabrication of a Textile-Based Wearable Blood Leakage Sensor Using Screen-Offset Printing

Autor: Ken-ichi Nomura, Yoshinori Horii, Shusuke Kanazawa, Yasuyuki Kusaka, Hirobumi Ushijima
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2018
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Zdroj: Sensors, Vol 18, Iss 1, p 240 (2018)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1424-8220
DOI: 10.3390/s18010240
Popis: We fabricate a wearable blood leakage sensor on a cotton textile by combining two newly developed techniques. First, we employ a screen-offset printing technique that avoids blurring, short circuiting between adjacent conductive patterns, and electrode fracturing to form an interdigitated electrode structure for the sensor on a textile. Furthermore, we develop a scheme to distinguish blood from other substances by utilizing the specific dielectric dispersion of blood observed in the sub-megahertz frequency range. The sensor can detect blood volumes as low as 15 μL, which is significantly lower than those of commercially available products (which can detect approximately 1 mL of blood) and comparable to a recently reported value of approximately 10 μL. In this study, we merge two technologies to develop a more practical skin-friendly sensor that can be applied for safe, stress-free blood leakage monitoring during hemodialysis.
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