A soft, wearable microfluidic device for the capture, storage, and colorimetric sensing of sweat.

ABSTRACT: Capabilities in health monitoring enabled by capture and quantitative chemical analysis of sweat could complement, or potentially obviate the need for, approaches based on sporadic assessment of blood samples. Established sweat monitoring technologies use simple fabric swatches and are limited to basic analysis in controlled laboratory or hospital settings. We present a collection of materials and device designs for soft, flexible, and stretchable microfluidic systems, including embodiments that integrate wireless communication electronics, which can intimately and robustly bond to the surface of the skin without chemical and mechanical irritation. This integration defines access points for a small set of sweat glands such that perspiration spontaneously initiates routing of sweat through

SUBMITTER: Koh A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5429097 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature