System-level design of an RFID sweat electrolyte sensor patch

Author

Rose, Daniel P. ; Ratterman, M. ; Griffin, Daniel K. ; Linlin Hou ; Kelley-Loughnane, Nancy ; Naik, Rajesh K. ; Hagen, Joshua A. ; Papautsky, I. ; Heikenfeld, Jason

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng. & Comput. Syst., Univ. of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, USA

fYear

2014

fDate

26-30 Aug. 2014

Firstpage

4038

Lastpage

4041

Abstract

Wearable digital health devices are dominantly found in rigid form factors such as bracelets and pucks. An adhesive RFID sensor bandage (patch) is reported, which can be made completely intimate with human skin, a distinct advantage for chronological monitoring of biomarkers in sweat. In this demonstration, a commercial RFID chip is adapted with minimum components to allow potentiometric sensing of mM ionic solutes in sweat, and surface temperature, as read by an Android smart-phone app (in-vitro tests).

Keywords

Android (operating system); biomedical communication; electrolytes; medical computing; patient monitoring; potentiometers; radiofrequency identification; sensors; Android smart-phone app; RFID chip; RFID sweat electrolyte sensor patch; adhesive RFID sensor bandage; biomarkers; chronological monitoring; human skin; potentiometric sensing; surface temperature; system-level design; wearable digital health device; Biomedical monitoring; Electrodes; Monitoring; Radiofrequency identification; Sensitivity; Skin; Smart phones;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC), 2014 36th Annual International Conference of the IEEE

Conference_Location

Chicago, IL

ISSN

1557-170X

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/EMBC.2014.6944510

Filename

6944510