Methods of manufacturing devices for static and dynamic body measurements
AssigneeNextiles, Inc.
InventorGeorge L. Sun
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Abstract
A method of fabricating a sensor for static and dynamic body measurements, comprising providing a first layer serving as a flexible support material; disposing a second layer on the first layer, the second layer serving as a sensing material; disposing a third layer on the second layer, the third layer comprising an insulating material; coupling the second layer and the third layer using a first electrode comprising a first conductive thread and a first non-conductive thread, the first conductive thread embedded in the second layer; and coupling the first layer and the second layer using a second electrode comprising a second conductive thread and a second non-conductive thread, the second conductive thread embedded in the second layer.
Claims20
A method of fabricating a sensor for static and dynamic body measurements, comprising:
- providing a first layer serving as a flexible support material;
- disposing a second layer on the first layer, the second layer serving as a sensing material;
- disposing a third layer on the second layer, the third layer comprising an insulating material;
- coupling the second layer and the third layer using a first electrode comprising a first conductive thread and a first non-conductive thread, the first conductive thread embedded in the second layer, wherein the first conductive thread and the first non-conductive thread are used together in a spool, sewing needle, top thread, bobbin, and/or combinations thereof to form the first electrode;
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- coupling the first layer and the second layer using a second electrode comprising a second conductive thread and a second non-conductive thread, the second conductive thread embedded in the second layer, wherein the second conductive thread and the second non-conductive thread are used together in a spool, sewing needle, top thread, bobbin, and/or combinations thereof to form the second electrode.
A method of fabricating a sensor, comprising:
- providing a first layer serving as a flexible support material;
- disposing a second layer on the first layer, the second layer serving as a sensing material;
- disposing a third layer on the second layer, the third layer comprising an insulating material;
- coupling the second layer and the third layer using a first electrode comprising a first conductive thread and a first non-conductive thread, the first conductive thread embedded in the second layer;
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- coupling the first layer and the second layer using a second electrode comprising a second conductive thread and a second non-conductive thread, the second conductive thread embedded in the second layer,
- wherein altering an exposed length between non-conductive to conductive segments of the first electrode or the second electrode within the sensing material in coupled layer(s) is adapted to alter a conductivity and/or a sensitivity of the first electrode or the second electrode.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.