Wearable pressure sensors for pulse wave monitoring

K Meng, X Xiao, W Wei, G Chen… - Advanced …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Cardiovascular diseases remain the leading cause of death worldwide. The rapid
development of flexible sensing technologies and wearable pressure sensors have attracted …

Wearable health devices—vital sign monitoring, systems and technologies

D Dias, J Paulo Silva Cunha - Sensors, 2018 - mdpi.com
Wearable Health Devices (WHDs) are increasingly helping people to better monitor their
health status both at an activity/fitness level for self-health tracking and at a medical level …

Contact-based methods for measuring respiratory rate

C Massaroni, A Nicolò, D Lo Presti, M Sacchetti… - Sensors, 2019 - mdpi.com
There is an ever-growing demand for measuring respiratory variables during a variety of
applications, including monitoring in clinical and occupational settings, and during sporting …

High-sensitivity wearable and flexible humidity sensor based on graphene oxide/non-woven fabric for respiration monitoring

Y Wang, L Zhang, Z Zhang, P Sun, H Chen - Langmuir, 2020 - ACS Publications
The popularity of humidity sensing for respiratory analysis of patients is gradually increasing
because of its portability and cost-effectiveness. However, current flexible humidity sensors …

Textile-based flexible pressure sensors: A review

J Zhang, Y Zhang, Y Li, P Wang - Polymer Reviews, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
This paper provides a review of recent developments in the rapidly changing and advancing
field of textile-based flexible pressure sensors. It summarizes the basic principles and …

Polymer optical fiber sensors in healthcare applications: A comprehensive review

AG Leal-Junior, CAR Diaz, LM Avellar, MJ Pontes… - Sensors, 2019 - mdpi.com
Advances in medicine and improvements in life quality has led to an increase in the life
expectancy of the general population. An ageing world population have placed demands on …

Graphdiyne-based flexible respiration sensors for monitoring human health

Y Li, M Zhang, X Hu, L Yu, X Fan, C Huang, Y Li - Nano Today, 2021 - Elsevier
Monitoring respiration is a pivotal way to sense the health of the human body and deal with
respiratory diseases. Here, we utilize the porous graphdiyne (GDY) material to construct …

The current state of optical sensors in medical wearables

E Vavrinsky, NE Esfahani, M Hausner, A Kuzma… - Biosensors, 2022 - mdpi.com
Optical sensors play an increasingly important role in the development of medical diagnostic
devices. They can be very widely used to measure the physiology of the human body …

Stretchable thermoplastic elastomer optical fibers for sensing of extreme deformations

A Leber, B Cholst, J Sandt, N Vogel… - Advanced Functional …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
The design of advanced materials with coupled optical and mechanical properties is an
important challenge in materials science; especially, the implementation of soft materials in …

Sensing systems for respiration monitoring: A technical systematic review

E Vanegas, R Igual, I Plaza - Sensors, 2020 - mdpi.com
Respiratory monitoring is essential in sleep studies, sport training, patient monitoring, or
health at work, among other applications. This paper presents a comprehensive systematic …