Toward the Use of Temporary Tattoo Electrodes for Impedancemetric Respiration Monitoring and Other Electrophysiological Recordings on Skin
The development of dry, ultra-conformable and unperceivable temporary tattoo electrodes (TTEs), based on the ink-jet printing of poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene) polystyrene sulfonate (PEDOT:PSS) on top of commercially available temporary tattoo paper, has gained increasing attention as a new and pr...
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| author | Silvia Taccola Aliria Poliziani Daniele Santonocito Alessio Mondini Christian Denk Alessandro Noriaki Ide Markus Oberparleiter Francesco Greco Virgilio Mattoli |
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| description | The development of dry, ultra-conformable and unperceivable temporary tattoo electrodes (TTEs), based on the ink-jet printing of poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene) polystyrene sulfonate (PEDOT:PSS) on top of commercially available temporary tattoo paper, has gained increasing attention as a new and promising technology for electrophysiological recordings on skin. In this work, we present a TTEs epidermal sensor for real time monitoring of respiration through transthoracic impedance measurements, exploiting a new design, based on the application of soft screen printed Ag ink and magnetic interlink, that guarantees a repositionable, long-term stable and robust interconnection of TTEs with external “docking” devices. The efficiency of the TTE and the proposed interconnection strategy under stretching (up to 10%) and over time (up to 96 h) has been verified on a dedicated experimental setup and on humans, fulfilling the proposed specific application of transthoracic impedance measurements. The proposed approach makes this technology suitable for large-scale production and suitable not only for the specific use case presented, but also for real time monitoring of different bio-electric signals, as demonstrated through specific proof of concept demonstrators. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-94cf5b686d2d4f5f9ae51be4b47a0ec12023-12-03T12:56:21ZengMDPI AGSensors1424-82202021-02-01214119710.3390/s21041197Toward the Use of Temporary Tattoo Electrodes for Impedancemetric Respiration Monitoring and Other Electrophysiological Recordings on SkinSilvia Taccola0Aliria Poliziani1Daniele Santonocito2Alessio Mondini3Christian Denk4Alessandro Noriaki Ide5Markus Oberparleiter6Francesco Greco7Virgilio Mattoli8Center for Micro-BioRobotics, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Viale Rinaldo Piaggio 34, Pontedera, 56025 Pisa, ItalyCenter for Micro-BioRobotics, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Viale Rinaldo Piaggio 34, Pontedera, 56025 Pisa, ItalyEmerging Application Department, MED-EL Elektromedizinische Geräte Gesellschaft m.b.H., Fürstenweg 77a, 6020 Innsbruck, AustriaCenter for Micro-BioRobotics, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Viale Rinaldo Piaggio 34, Pontedera, 56025 Pisa, ItalyEmerging Application Department, MED-EL Elektromedizinische Geräte Gesellschaft m.b.H., Fürstenweg 77a, 6020 Innsbruck, AustriaEmerging Application Department, MED-EL Elektromedizinische Geräte Gesellschaft m.b.H., Fürstenweg 77a, 6020 Innsbruck, AustriaEmerging Application Department, MED-EL Elektromedizinische Geräte Gesellschaft m.b.H., Fürstenweg 77a, 6020 Innsbruck, AustriaCenter for Micro-BioRobotics, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Viale Rinaldo Piaggio 34, Pontedera, 56025 Pisa, ItalyCenter for Micro-BioRobotics, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Viale Rinaldo Piaggio 34, Pontedera, 56025 Pisa, ItalyThe development of dry, ultra-conformable and unperceivable temporary tattoo electrodes (TTEs), based on the ink-jet printing of poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene) polystyrene sulfonate (PEDOT:PSS) on top of commercially available temporary tattoo paper, has gained increasing attention as a new and promising technology for electrophysiological recordings on skin. In this work, we present a TTEs epidermal sensor for real time monitoring of respiration through transthoracic impedance measurements, exploiting a new design, based on the application of soft screen printed Ag ink and magnetic interlink, that guarantees a repositionable, long-term stable and robust interconnection of TTEs with external “docking” devices. The efficiency of the TTE and the proposed interconnection strategy under stretching (up to 10%) and over time (up to 96 h) has been verified on a dedicated experimental setup and on humans, fulfilling the proposed specific application of transthoracic impedance measurements. The proposed approach makes this technology suitable for large-scale production and suitable not only for the specific use case presented, but also for real time monitoring of different bio-electric signals, as demonstrated through specific proof of concept demonstrators.https://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/21/4/1197soft electronicsconformable electronicstattoo electronicswearable sensorsPEDOT:PSS |
| spellingShingle | Silvia Taccola Aliria Poliziani Daniele Santonocito Alessio Mondini Christian Denk Alessandro Noriaki Ide Markus Oberparleiter Francesco Greco Virgilio Mattoli Toward the Use of Temporary Tattoo Electrodes for Impedancemetric Respiration Monitoring and Other Electrophysiological Recordings on Skin Sensors soft electronics conformable electronics tattoo electronics wearable sensors PEDOT:PSS |
| title | Toward the Use of Temporary Tattoo Electrodes for Impedancemetric Respiration Monitoring and Other Electrophysiological Recordings on Skin |
| title_full | Toward the Use of Temporary Tattoo Electrodes for Impedancemetric Respiration Monitoring and Other Electrophysiological Recordings on Skin |
| title_fullStr | Toward the Use of Temporary Tattoo Electrodes for Impedancemetric Respiration Monitoring and Other Electrophysiological Recordings on Skin |
| title_full_unstemmed | Toward the Use of Temporary Tattoo Electrodes for Impedancemetric Respiration Monitoring and Other Electrophysiological Recordings on Skin |
| title_short | Toward the Use of Temporary Tattoo Electrodes for Impedancemetric Respiration Monitoring and Other Electrophysiological Recordings on Skin |
| title_sort | toward the use of temporary tattoo electrodes for impedancemetric respiration monitoring and other electrophysiological recordings on skin |
| topic | soft electronics conformable electronics tattoo electronics wearable sensors PEDOT:PSS |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/21/4/1197 |
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