Examining the design, manufacturing and analytics of smart wearables

López, Ximena; Afrin, Kahkashan; Nepal, Bimal

doi:10.1002/mds3.10087

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“…The demands and markets for electronic devices have continued to increase in recent years due to the development in various fields, such as medical analysis, food analysis, lifestyle, machinery, and environmental monitoring. This investigation extends to applications in smartphones, wearable devices, artificial intelligence, 1,2 Internet of things (IoT), 3 and automotive products 4,5 . The design architecture mostly demands for disposable, simple, cost‐efficient, and user‐friendly devices with fast response times; and such demand has increased considerably 6‐8 .…”

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Thermal management of wearable and implantable electronic healthcare devices: Perspective and measurement approach

2020

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Summary The performance of electronic devices, mostly in medical applications, has been investigated to determine whether they meet the requirements of healthcare monitoring and patient's satisfaction. Mobile health monitoring is preferable at present given the current innovations in handheld, wearable, and implantable devices. However, these applications require appropriate thermal management because they are attached directly to the human body and operate for a long period. Moreover, a sophisticated design with functional mobility necessitates proper thermal circulation during the process. This review provides the current research direction for cooling systems, the thermal working principle of wearable and implantable devices, and its implementation on design architecture. Then, the importance of internal and external functional properties in thermal management and their effects on device performance are discussed. Operating temperature is among the most important elements in monitoring thermal performance due to the tendency of tissue and component damages to occur after an increment of only 1°C or 2°C in temperature. Challenges and available solutions for thermal management are listed in detail to improve cooling methods and service to the healthcare field.

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Thermal management of wearable and implantable electronic healthcare devices: Perspective and measurement approach

2020

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“…Figure 2 shows the process in which biosensors operate. Transducer manufacturing at a smaller size allows for superior signal detection and higher sensitivity which can be utilized with novel user interfaces such as portable smart devices (Honjol et al, 2020; Lopez et al, 2020).…”

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Electrospinning for the manufacture of biosensor components: A mini‐review

Ahmed

2020

Med Devices & Sens

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“…Furthermore, many consumer-grade wearables employ direct data transmission via mobile data networks to a central, local server, allowing data to be accessed instantly or in real time. The use of wearable devices for research is increasing, particularly as more accessible and affordable options become available [ 24 ], and rates of clinical approval of respective regulatory bodies rise [ 25 , 26 ].…”

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Feasibility, acceptability and validation of wearable devices for climate change and health research in the low-resource contexts of Burkina Faso and Kenya: Study protocol

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As the epidemiological transition progresses throughout sub-Saharan Africa, life lived with diseases is an increasingly important part of a population’s burden of disease. The burden of disease of climate-sensitive health outcomes is projected to increase considerably within the next decades. Objectively measured, reliable population health data is still limited and is primarily based on perceived illness from recall. Technological advances like non-invasive, consumer-grade wearable devices may play a vital role in alleviating this data gap and in obtaining insights on the disease burden in vulnerable populations, such as heat stress on human cardiovascular response. The overall goal of this study is to investigate whether consumer-grade wearable devices are an acceptable, feasible and valid means to generate data on the individual level in low-resource contexts. Three hundred individuals are recruited from the two study locations in the Nouna health and demographic surveillance system (HDSS), Burkina Faso, and the Siaya HDSS, Kenya. Participants complete a structured questionnaire that comprises question items on acceptability and feasibility under the supervision of trained data collectors. Validity will be evaluated by comparing consumer-grade wearable devices to research-grade devices. Furthermore, we will collect demographic data as well as the data generated by wearable devices. This study will provide insights into the usage of consumer-grade wearable devices to measure individual vital signs in low-resource contexts, such as Burkina Faso and Kenya. Vital signs comprising activity (steps), sleep (duration, quality) and heart rate (hr) are important measures to gain insights on individual behavior and activity patterns in low-resource contexts. These vital signs may be associated with weather variables—as we gather them from weather stations that we have setup as part of this study to cover the whole Nouna and Siaya HDSSs—in order to explore changes in behavior and other variables, such as activity, sleep, hr, during extreme weather events like heat stress exposure. Furthermore, wearable data could be linked to health outcomes and weather events. As a result, consumer-grade wearables may serve as a supporting technology for generating reliable measurements in low-resource contexts and investigating key links between weather occurrences and health outcomes. Thus, wearable devices may provide insights to better inform mitigation and adaptation interventions in these low-resource settings that are direly faced by climate change-induced changes, such as extreme weather events.

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Examining the design, manufacturing and analytics of smart wearables

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Cited by 12 publications

References 94 publications

Thermal management of wearable and implantable electronic healthcare devices: Perspective and measurement approach

Thermal management of wearable and implantable electronic healthcare devices: Perspective and measurement approach

Electrospinning for the manufacture of biosensor components: A mini‐review

Feasibility, acceptability and validation of wearable devices for climate change and health research in the low-resource contexts of Burkina Faso and Kenya: Study protocol

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