Title :
Design of a foot-pressure monitoring transducer for diabetic patients based on FBG sensors
Author :
Hao, J.Z. ; Tan, K.M. ; Tjin, S.C. ; Liaw, C.Y. ; Chaudhuri, P. Roy ; Guo, X. ; Lu, C.
Author_Institution :
Inst. for Infocomm Res., Nanyang, Singapore
Abstract :
We report a novel fiber Bragg grating pressure sensor embedded in carbon fiber reinforced material that is capable of monitoring the foot pressure of diabetic patients.
Keywords :
Bragg gratings; biomedical transducers; carbon fibre reinforced composites; diseases; fibre optic sensors; patient monitoring; pressure sensors; C; FBG sensors; carbon fiber reinforced material; diabetic patients; fiber Bragg grating pressure sensor; foot-pressure monitoring transducer; Bragg gratings; Diabetes; Feedback; Fiber gratings; Foot; Optical fiber sensors; Optical fibers; Orthopedic surgery; Patient monitoring; Transducers;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics Society, 2003. LEOS 2003. The 16th Annual Meeting of the IEEE
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7888-1
DOI :
10.1109/LEOS.2003.1251581
