Nerve-Inspired Optical Waveguide Stretchable Sensor Fusing Wireless Transmission and AI Enabling Smart Tele-Healthcare.

ABSTRACT: Flexible strain monitoring of hand and joint muscle movement is recognized as an effective method for the diagnosis and rehabilitation of neurological diseases such as stroke and Parkinson's disease. However, balancing high sensitivity and large strain, improving wearing comfort, and solving the separation of diagnosis and treatment are important challenges for further building tele-healthcare systems. Herein, a hydrogel-based optical waveguide stretchable (HOWS) sensor is proposed in this paper. A double network structure is adopted to allow the HOWS sensor to exhibit high stretchability of the tensile strain up to 600% and sensitivity of 0.685 mV %^-1. Additionally, the flexible smart bionic fabric embedding the HOWS sensor, produced through the warp and weft knitting, signific

SUBMITTER: Li T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11789582 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature