Title :
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
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;
Conference_Titel :
Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 2008. EMBS 2008. 30th Annual International Conference of the IEEE
Conference_Location :
Vancouver, BC
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-1814-5
DOI :
10.1109/IEMBS.2008.4650518
