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.
Claims29
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 first sensing material that is electrically conductive throughout the second layer;
- 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 first electrode comprising a second first conductive thread and a second first 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 by penetrating the first layer or the second layer with one or both of the first conductive thread and the first non-conductive thread using one or more of a spool, sewing needle, top thread, or bobbin.
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 that is electrically conductive throughout the second layer;
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- 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 first electrode comprising a second first conductive thread and a second first non-conductive thread, the second conductive thread embedded in the second layer, by penetrating the first layer or the second layer with one or both of the first conductive thread and the first non-conductive thread using one or more of a spool, sewing needle, top thread, or bobbin,
- wherein altering an exposed length between non-conductive to and conductive segments of the first electrode or the second electrode within the sensing material in coupled layer(s) is adapted to alter alters a conductivity and/or, a sensitivity, or both a conductivity and a sensitivity, of the first electrode or the second electrode.
A method of fabricating a device, 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 first sensing material;
- coupling the first layer and the second layer using a first electrode comprising a first conductive thread, the first conductive thread embedded on a first side of the second layer;
- embedding a second conductive thread on a second side of the second layer as a second electrode;
- disposing a third layer on the first layer, the third layer serving as a second sensing material;
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- coupling the first layer and the third layer using a third electrode comprising a third conductive thread, the third conductive thread embedded in the third layer,
- wherein the first electrode and the third electrode are electrically connected.
A device having at least one sensor, the device comprising:
- a first sensor, comprising:
- a first layer serving as a flexible support material;
- a second layer adjacent to the first layer, the second layer serving as a first sensing material;
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- a third layer adjacent to the second layer, the third layer comprising an insulating material,
- wherein the second layer and the third layer are coupled using a first electrode comprising a first conductive thread and a first non-conductive thread, the first electrode being embedded into the third layer, and
- wherein the first layer and the second layer are further coupled using a second electrode comprising a second conductive thread and a second non-conductive thread, the second electrode being embedded into the first layer.
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