Wearable screen-printed biosensor with paper microfluidics for sweat analysis

Abstract

An apparatus, system and method for providing a hydration detection device. The hydration detection device, includes: a flexible substrate having screen-printed therein an electrical circuit comprising a plurality of layers of conductive and dielectric inks; a sensor upon the flexible substrate, wherein the sensor is capable of detecting element data indicative of characteristics of sweat; untreated chromatographic paper placed so as to contact skin of a user, and capable of wicking the sweat from the skin to the sensor along a micro-sized fluidic channel; and a bluetooth antenna on the flexible substrate and communicative with the sensor, and capable of communicating the element data wirelessly to an application capable of indicating to the user a propriety of the hydration of the user based upon the element data.

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