A Novel Mechanomyography (MMG) Sensor Based on Piezo-Resistance Principle and with a Pyramidic Microarray

Autor: Qize Fang, Shuchen Cao, Haotian Qin, Ruixue Yin, Wenjun Zhang, Hongbo Zhang
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2023
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Zdroj: Micromachines, Vol 14, Iss 10, p 1859 (2023)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2072-666X
DOI: 10.3390/mi14101859
Popis: Flexible piezoresistive sensors built by printing nanoparticles onto soft substrates are crucial for continuous health monitoring and wearable devices. In this study, a mechanomyography (MMG) sensor was developed using a flexible piezoresistive MMG signal sensor based on a pyramidal polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) microarray sprayed with carbon nanotubes (CNTs). The experiment was conducted, and the results show that the sensitivity of the sensor can reach 0.4 kPa−1 in the measurement range of 0~1.5 kPa, and the correlation reached 96%. This has further implications for the possibility that muscle activation can be converted into mechanical movement. The integrity of the sensor in terms of its MMG signal acquisition was tested based on five subjects who were performing arm bending and arm extending movements. The results of this test were promising.
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