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Interdigitated Organic Sensor in Multimodal Facemask’s Barrier Integrity and Wearer’s Respiration Monitoring
Facemasks are used as a personal protective equipment in medical services. They became compulsory during the recent COVID-19 pandemic at large. Their barrier effectiveness during various daily activities over time has been the subject of much debate. We propose the fabrication of an organic sensor t...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9138990/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35624606 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/bios12050305 |
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author | Galliani, Marina Ferrari, Laura M. Ismailova, Esma |
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description | Facemasks are used as a personal protective equipment in medical services. They became compulsory during the recent COVID-19 pandemic at large. Their barrier effectiveness during various daily activities over time has been the subject of much debate. We propose the fabrication of an organic sensor to monitor the integrity of surgical masks to ensure individuals’ health and safety during their use. Inkjet printing of an interdigitated conducting polymer-based sensor on the inner layer of the mask proved to be an efficient and direct fabrication process to rapidly reach the end user. The sensor’s integration happens without hampering the mask functionality and preserving its original air permeability. Its resistive response to humidity accumulation allows it to monitor the mask’s wetting in use, providing a quantified way to track its barrier integrity and assist in its management. Additionally, it detects the user’s respiration rate as a capacitive response to the exhaled humidity, essential in identifying breathing difficulties or a sign of an infection. Respiration evaluations during daily activities show outstanding performance in relation to unspecific motion artifacts and breathing resolution. This e-mask yields an integrated solution for home-based individual monitoring and an advanced protective equipment for healthcare professionals. |
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spelling | pubmed-91389902022-05-28 Interdigitated Organic Sensor in Multimodal Facemask’s Barrier Integrity and Wearer’s Respiration Monitoring Galliani, Marina Ferrari, Laura M. Ismailova, Esma Biosensors (Basel) Article Facemasks are used as a personal protective equipment in medical services. They became compulsory during the recent COVID-19 pandemic at large. Their barrier effectiveness during various daily activities over time has been the subject of much debate. We propose the fabrication of an organic sensor to monitor the integrity of surgical masks to ensure individuals’ health and safety during their use. Inkjet printing of an interdigitated conducting polymer-based sensor on the inner layer of the mask proved to be an efficient and direct fabrication process to rapidly reach the end user. The sensor’s integration happens without hampering the mask functionality and preserving its original air permeability. Its resistive response to humidity accumulation allows it to monitor the mask’s wetting in use, providing a quantified way to track its barrier integrity and assist in its management. Additionally, it detects the user’s respiration rate as a capacitive response to the exhaled humidity, essential in identifying breathing difficulties or a sign of an infection. Respiration evaluations during daily activities show outstanding performance in relation to unspecific motion artifacts and breathing resolution. This e-mask yields an integrated solution for home-based individual monitoring and an advanced protective equipment for healthcare professionals. MDPI 2022-05-06 /pmc/articles/PMC9138990/ /pubmed/35624606 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/bios12050305 Text en © 2022 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Galliani, Marina Ferrari, Laura M. Ismailova, Esma Interdigitated Organic Sensor in Multimodal Facemask’s Barrier Integrity and Wearer’s Respiration Monitoring |
title | Interdigitated Organic Sensor in Multimodal Facemask’s Barrier Integrity and Wearer’s Respiration Monitoring |
title_full | Interdigitated Organic Sensor in Multimodal Facemask’s Barrier Integrity and Wearer’s Respiration Monitoring |
title_fullStr | Interdigitated Organic Sensor in Multimodal Facemask’s Barrier Integrity and Wearer’s Respiration Monitoring |
title_full_unstemmed | Interdigitated Organic Sensor in Multimodal Facemask’s Barrier Integrity and Wearer’s Respiration Monitoring |
title_short | Interdigitated Organic Sensor in Multimodal Facemask’s Barrier Integrity and Wearer’s Respiration Monitoring |
title_sort | interdigitated organic sensor in multimodal facemask’s barrier integrity and wearer’s respiration monitoring |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9138990/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35624606 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/bios12050305 |
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