Multimodal Wearable Sensor Sheet for Health-Related Chemical and Physical Monitoring

Continuous multiple data health monitoring has high potential to detect abnormal conditions or early stages of diseases in the future. To monitor a continuous small vital signal, one of the promising architectures is an attachable flexible multimodal sensor system, which can detect multiple health conditions from the skin surface. Recent breakthroughs have realized continuous sweat chemicals or physical conditions using flexible sensors. However, multimodal sensor integration to monitor chemical and physical information simultaneously and precisely is still a challenge. In this study, we present a multimodal wearable sensor sheet, which allows us to monitor sweat glucose, electrocardiograms, and skin temperature. Furthermore, to prevent the accumulation of glucose on the sensor surface for precise monitoring, a fluidic channel is also integrated to refresh the sweat from the sensor surface, resulting in the precise measurement of chemical substances in real time. This multimodal and flexible sensor platform takes a significant step toward realizing wearable healthcare applications to diagnose the early stages of diseases in advance.

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Continuous multiple data health monitoring has the potential to detect abnormal conditions or early stages of diseases. A promising architecture for monitoring small vital signals is an attachable flexible multimodal sensor system that can detect multiple health conditions from the skin surface. While recent breakthroughs have enabled continuous monitoring of sweat chemicals or physical conditions using flexible sensors, integrating multimodal sensors to simultaneously and accurately monitor chemical and physical information remains a challenge.