Body-monitoring with Photonic Textiles: a

Reflective Heartbeat Sensor Based on Polymer

Optical Fibres
Brit M. Quandt, Fabian Braun , Damien Ferrario , Rene´ M. Rossi1 , Anke Scheel-Sailer ,
Martin Wolf, Gian-Luca Bona, Rudolf Hufenus , Lukas J. Scherer and Luciano F. Boesel

This paper describe about component a flexible monitoring tool: a photonic textile sensor
logging the heartbeat via a photoplethysmography (PPG) signal. This sensor is specifically
designed for sensitive skin. incorporating soft polymer optical fibres (POFs). Because POF
can possess yarn-like flexibility, much more flexible and drapeable sensors can be
produced and incorporated into textiles. The possibility of reusing a sensor makes it
economically and ecologically more favourable by decreasing the per-patient cost
drastically

We present the development and optimization of bicomponent polymer optical fibres by

continuous melt-spinning, a fast process rendering continuous fibres. Therefore our results
will allow the development of flexible, individualized, and fully textileintegrated wearable
sensors for sensitive skin conditions. This paper comprises the development of a textile
heartbeat sensor from the production of the sensing component, the POFs, to the subject
testing of the sensor. This comprises meltspinning of a bi-component fibre, evaluation of
these in homogeneity, as well as optical and mechanical properties, textile integration,
comfort evaluation and testing. ‘Comfort’ is, in this case, defined by the static COF
because the targeted patient group typically adheres to strict safety standards to
prevent skin chafing.

We present flexible, embroidered sensors. The sensors wereable to measure the

heartbeat in reflection at the forehead using a LED as the light source. This proof-of-
principle hence demonstrates the applicability of the sensor in reflection mode at
thicker body parts.
 Smart textiles for medicine and healthcare: Textile based
chemical and physical sensors for healthcare monitoring
by Amir Hatamie et al 2020 T asy a
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Respiration Rate Sensor

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1 The respiratory rate is a vital sign with an under appreciated significance that can,
in acute situations, prognosticate patients’ mortality rate and need for invasive
ventilation. There are many approaches for respiration monitoring, common
sensors can respond to theflow of breath, but in physical sensors for respiratory
rate based on textile, to the expansion and contraction of the chest during
breathing can be monitored. The strain or pressure sensing can be accomplished
by monitoring the volume changes of the chest.

Conclusion
The emergence of wearable textile-based sensors has opened a brighter
future to a wide range of healthcare applications. In the last decades, the
considerable progress in textile materials and fabrication techniques of
sensors and flexible devices have revealed the importance of these sensing
platforms. The wearable textiles-based sensors can be integrated with
daily clothing However, there are still exist many challenges to be
addressed in terms of fabrication, design, device operation and
implementation.

In this sensor whenever the chest expands, the pressure applied on the
2
compressible textile reduces its thickness, thus increasing the capacitance between
the electrodes.

3 Their design was multi materialfibers with form of spiral antenna detecting shift of
central frequency coming from the lung volume variation and strechability of chest
textile, which remotely records the respiratory information in real-time. They reported
that bearthing detection can be either due to changing the antenna configuration as
result of mechanical force or changing the dielectric of human torso during respiration.
The measured frequency shift for deep and shallow breathing is located in the ranges of
120–200 MHz and 10–15 MHz, respectively.
 YESSIANE CAROLIN - 19420092 / 3K3K4

SMART TEXTILE
Design and Production of Smart Wearable Textile Products Using
Layered Manufacturing Technology with Photovoltaic Energy

Ilker Ertuna, Yusuf Güngör, Fatma Karaoğlu, Nazlı Dindar, Uğur

Can Topçu, Gökhan Çaliş, Doç. Dr. Ceren Göde
Menderes Tekstil Denizli, Turkey

MATERIAL AND METHOD

In this study, with the progress of
technology in the area of the
wearable smart textile industry, 3D
manufacturing which has started to
take place in the industry as a new
manufacturing method or in other
words layered manufacturing
practices are discessed. For this
purpose, a solar panel was placed in
the 3D printed material obtained by
FDM method, one of the layered
manufacturing methods, and
integrated into the textile material and
to charge our electronic devices from
photovoltaic energy was explained.
Photovoltaic textile is obtained by integrating a photovoltaic structure
that generates electrical energy using sunlight and integrating it into
the textile by placing pieces on the textile structure or by producing
photovoltaic fibers, yarns and fabrics. Wearable technologies
developed to provide superior quality and functionality to clothing are
generally smart materials with electronic conductivity, produced by
embedding microprocessors, LEDs (Light Emitting Diodes), GPS
components, various sensors and access systems into a fabric. In
layered manufacturing, using method one of the solid-based methods
and called Fused Deposition Modeling (FDM). 3D Printer using FDM
technology can make PLA print. PLA (Polylactic Acid) is an organic
biopolymer and thermoplastic produced from corn starch and sugar
cane. Therefore, it is not harmful to human health. It is slightly flexible
but has a fragile structure. It is durable and resistant to impacts. New
featured filaments can be obtained by mixing PLA filament with certain
proportions of wood, bronze, copper, bamboo, carbon fiber and similar
fibers.

3D printers are a technological

innovation that combines material,
design and manufacturing processes.
Unlike traditional machining or other
manufacturing method or chipless
manufacturing based on cutting from
the block to create smaller material, the
technology obtained by laying the
pieces, many melted thin layers (micron
level) layer by layer is called layered
manufacturing (LM) or rapid
prototyping (RP).

PRODUCT

3D filament printed vest

Layered manufacturing with FDM method

Bag capable of generating

photovoltaic energy with 3D
filaments
A Tailored, Electronic Textile Conformable Suit for Large-
Scale Spatiotemporal Physiological Sensing in Vivo
Author : Irmandy Wicaksono
Affiliation : Media Lab, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge 02139 MA, USA

The suits is tailored from a customized fabric

that can be integrated with an assortment of
sensor integrated circuits and interconnects
in the form of flexible-stretchable electronic
strips.
It can senses physiological, such as
temperature, respiration and heart rate-
detection, and physical activity.

• Sensor : Integrated Circuits

• Actuator : Cuprum layers
• Internal Data : Encapsulation and chip
• External Data : Electronic devices such as computer
• Communicator : Bluetooth Low Energy and Wireless
• Source Energy : Lithium-polymer battery 100 mAh

The suits is made from

100% high-flex polyester
and knit by using a flat
two bed digital machine
(Super-J 212, Matsuya).
 DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATION SMART SHOES FOR GAIT
MONITORING USING A GYROSCOPE
Aji Abdillah, Muhammad Ikhsan Sani, S.T., M.T., Marlindia Ike Sari, S.T., M.T.

Gait analysis can be monitored with a

gyroscope sensor which processed the data on
Gait analysis an Arduino and sends the data in serial form
can help as a with bluetooth, the serial data will be received
monitor of by the smartphone. and processed again with
gait changes an application
and balance
changes or system design that was built to analyze gait
diagnose an using a gyroscope, starting from reading the
illness, to be angle of a person's feet who were walking by
able to find the gyroscope sensor then processed by
gait analysis Arduino and the data was sent by bluetooth
requires a HC-05.
gyroscope
sensor that The system being tested can run according to
can take the the purpose, namely the gyroscope can
necessary measure the angle needed for gait analysis.
angular data. Testing the Bluetooth connection distance
between the smartphone