Smart-clothes - fabric-based microfluidic sensors for wearable health monitoring

Abstract

Fabric-based microfluidics, as a part of an article of clothing, is described herein. Advantageously, the fabric-based microfluidics, based on the infusion of a polymer such as acrylonitrile butadiene styrene (ABS) films through fabrics to form hydrophobic areas, are simple to make, robust, and suitable for efficient sweat delivery. Electrodes can be screen-printed onto the fabric-based microfluidic. Coupled with a low-cost, wearable potentiometer capable of wireless data transfer, [Ca2+] or other analyte species in a wearer's sweat can be quantified. Advantageously, regular articles of clothing can be turned into biochemically smart platforms for health monitoring, which will broadly benefit human healthcare.

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