Wearable technology for bio-chemical analysis of body fluids during exercise

Author

Morris, Deirdre ; Schazmann, Benjamin ; Wu, Yangzhe ; Coyle, Shirley ; Brady, Sarah ; Fay, Cormac ; Hayes, Jer ; Lau, King Tong ; Wallace, Gordon ; Diamond, Dermot

Author_Institution

Adaptive Sensors Group, National Centre for Sensor Research, Dublin City University, Dublin 9, Ireland

fYear

2008

fDate

20-25 Aug. 2008

Firstpage

5741

Lastpage

5744

Abstract

This paper details the development of a textile based fluid handling system with integrated wireless biochemical sensors. Such research represents a new advancement in the area of wearable technologies. The system contains pH, sodium and conductivity sensors. It has been demonstrated during on-body trials that the pH sensor has close agreement with measurements obtained using a reference pH probe. Initial investigations into the sodium and conductivity sensors have shown their suitability for integration into the wearable system. It is thought that applications exist in personal health and sports performance and training.

Keywords

Biosensing Techniques; Biotechnology; Clothing; Electrochemistry; Equipment Design; Equipment Failure Analysis; Exercise; Humans; Monitoring, Ambulatory; Reproducibility of Results; Sensitivity and Specificity; Sweat; Transducers;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 2008. EMBS 2008. 30th Annual International Conference of the IEEE

Conference_Location

Vancouver, BC

ISSN

1557-170X

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-1814-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IEMBS.2008.4650518

Filename

4650518