Wearable technology for the real-time analysis of sweat during exercise

Author

Morris, Deirdre ; Schazmann, Benjamin ; Zhijun Wang ; Fay, Connac ; Beirne, Stephen ; Slater, Conor ; Lau, King Tong ; Wallace, Gordon ; Diamond, Dennot

Author_Institution

Adaptive Sensors Group, Dublin City Univ., Dublin

fYear

2008

fDate

25-28 Oct. 2008

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

2

Abstract

Textile based sensors which can be used to measure the chemical composition of bodily fluids represents a major advancement in the area of wearable technology. BIOTEX is an EU funded project aiming to develop such sensors with a particular interest in monitoring perspiration. A textile based fluid handling system has been developed for sample collection and transport. Sodium, conductivity and pH sensors have also been developed. This paper details the integration and testing of these sensors. Results show that the developed system can collect and analyze sweat in real time during exercise and transmit this data wirelessly to a remote receiver.

Keywords

biochemistry; biomedical measurement; biosensors; chemical sensors; clothing; pH measurement; textiles; bodily fluids; chemical composition; conductivity sensor; exercise; fluid handling system; pH sensor; perspiration; real-time analysis; remote receiver; sodium sensor; sweat; textile; wearable technology; Area measurement; Biomedical monitoring; Biosensors; Chemical and biological sensors; Chemical sensors; Chemical technology; Conductivity; Testing; Textile technology; Wearable sensors; Biochemcial Sensors; Conductivity Sensor; Sodium ISE; Wearable Technology; Wireless Sensing; pH Sensor;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Applied Sciences on Biomedical and Communication Technologies, 2008. ISABEL '08. First International Symposium on

Conference_Location

Aalborg

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-2647-8

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-2648-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ISABEL.2008.4712603

Filename

4712603