Fabric-based fluid handling platform with integrated analytical capability

Author

Coyle, Shirley ; Yanzhe Wu ; King-Tong Lau ; Wallace, G.G. ; Diamond, D.

Author_Institution

Dublin City Univ., Dublin

fYear

2007

fDate

22-26 Aug. 2007

Firstpage

6450

Lastpage

6450

Abstract

Bio-sensing textiles to perform on-body bio-chemical analysis are a novel concept in the field of wearable technologies. This work is part of BioTex, an EU funded project aiming to develop textile -based sensors for monitoring biological fluids. A fabric-based fluid handling system has been developed which has promising advantages including potential for sophisticated control of functions like sample application, reagent addition, inclusion of reaction manifold, separation of sample components, variety of detection modes and addition of calibrants; zero power requirement for the transport of liquid; compact structure, easy to fabricate.

Keywords

biochemistry; biomedical equipment; biomedical measurement; biosensors; chemical variables measurement; fabrics; BioTex; EU funded project; bio-sensing textiles; biological fluids monitoring; fabric fluidic channel; fabric-based fluid handling system; fabric-based fluidic device; on-body bio-chemical analysis; reagent addition; sample components separation; textile -based sensors; wearable technologies; Biosensors; Fabrics; Fluid flow control; Information analysis; Intelligent sensors; Monitoring; Performance analysis; Textiles; Valves; Wearable sensors; Biosensing Techniques; Body Fluids; Flow Injection Analysis; Humans; Hydrogen-Ion Concentration; Nylons;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 2007. EMBS 2007. 29th Annual International Conference of the IEEE

Conference_Location

Lyon

ISSN

1557-170X

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-0787-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IEMBS.2007.4353835

Filename

4353835