RFID epidermal sensor including hydrogel membranes for wound monitoring and healing

Author

Occhiuzzi, Cecilia ; Ajovalasit, Alessia ; Sabatino, Maria Antonietta ; Dispenza, Clelia ; Marrocco, Gaetano

Author_Institution

Dipt. di Fis. e Chim., Univ. degli, Palermo, Italy

fYear

2015

fDate

15-17 April 2015

Firstpage

182

Lastpage

188

Abstract

This contribution experimentally demonstrates for the first time the feasibility of joint application of passive UHF RFID technology and hydrogel membranes to fabricate smart plasters able to gather and remotely transmit information on the conditions of human skin. In particular, this intelligent plaster is sensitive to temperature and fluid uptake/release and could open interesting scenarios in wound healing monitoring and drug delivery.

Keywords

biomedical equipment; biomembranes; drug delivery systems; hydrogels; intelligent sensors; patient monitoring; radiofrequency identification; temperature sensors; wounds; RFID epidermal sensor; drug delivery; fluid uptake-release; human skin; hydrogel membranes; intelligent plaster; joint application feasibility; passive UHF RFID technology; remote information transmission; smart plasters; temperature sensor; wound healing monitoring; Antenna measurements; Biomembranes; Epidermis; Fluids; Radiofrequency identification; Wounds; RFID sensor; epidermal electronics; hydrogel; smart plaster; would healing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

RFID (RFID), 2015 IEEE International Conference on

Conference_Location

San Diego, CA

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/RFID.2015.7113090

Filename

7113090