Fully Untethered Battery-free Biomonitoring Electronic Tattoo with Wireless Energy Harvesting.
Journal
Scientific reports
ISSN: 2045-2322
Titre abrégé: Sci Rep
Pays: England
ID NLM: 101563288
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
26 03 2020
26 03 2020
Historique:
received:
23
10
2019
accepted:
06
03
2020
entrez:
29
3
2020
pubmed:
29
3
2020
medline:
29
3
2020
Statut:
epublish
Résumé
Bioelectronics stickers that interface the human epidermis and collect electrophysiological data will constitute important tools in the future of healthcare. Rapid progress is enabled by novel fabrication methods for adhesive electronics patches that are soft, stretchable and conform to the human skin. Yet, the ultimate functionality of such systems still depends on rigid components such as silicon chips and the largest rigid component on these systems is usually the battery. In this work, we demonstrate a quickly deployable, untethered, battery-free, ultrathin (~5 μm) passive "electronic tattoo" that interfaces with the human skin for acquisition and transmission of physiological data. We show that the ultrathin film adapts well with the human skin, and allows an excellent signal to noise ratio, better than the gold-standard Ag/AgCl electrodes. To supply the required energy, we rely on a wireless power transfer (WPT) system, using a printed stretchable Ag-In-Ga coil, as well as printed biopotential acquisition electrodes. The tag is interfaced with data acquisition and communication electronics. This constitutes a "data-by-request" system. By approaching the scanning device to the applied tattoo, the patient's electrophysiological data is read and stored to the caregiver device. The WPT device can provide more than 300 mW of measured power if it is transferred over the skin or 100 mW if it is implanted under the skin. As a case study, we transferred this temporary tattoo to the human skin and interfaced it with an electrocardiogram (ECG) device, which could send the volunteer's heartbeat rate in real-time via Bluetooth.
Identifiants
pubmed: 32218466
doi: 10.1038/s41598-020-62097-6
pii: 10.1038/s41598-020-62097-6
pmc: PMC7099089
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Langues
eng
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