Soft Wearable Healthcare Materials and Devices. Issue 17 (21st May 2021)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Lyu, Quanxia; Gong, Shu; Yin, Jialiang; Dyson, Jennifer M.; Cheng, Wenlong
• Other Names: Gao Wei guestEditor.; Yu Cunjiang guestEditor.
• Is Part Of: Advanced healthcare materials. Volume 10:Issue 17(2021)
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• Publication Date: 2021-05-21
• Subjects: closed‐loop feedback systems -- soft wearable materials -- soft wearable sensors -- wearable healthcare; Biomedical materials -- Periodicals; 610.28
• DOI: 10.1002/adhm.202100577
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 2192-2640

Abstract

Abstract: In spite of advances in electronics and internet technologies, current healthcare remains hospital‐centred. Disruptive technologies are required to translate state‐of‐art wearable devices into next‐generation patient‐centered diagnosis and therapy. In this review, recent advances in the emerging field of soft wearable materials and devices are summarized. A prerequisite for such future healthcare devices is the need of novel materials to be mechanically compliant, electrically conductive, and biologically compatible. It is begun with an overview of the two viable design strategies reported in the literatures, which is followed by description of state‐of‐the‐art wearable healthcare devices for monitoring physical, electrophysiological, chemical, and biological signals. Self‐powered wearable bioenergy devices are also covered and sensing systems, as well as feedback‐controlled wearable closed‐loop biodiagnostic and therapy systems. Finally, it is concluded with an overall summary and future perspective. Abstract : Current healthcare remains hospital‐centred, demanding disruptive technologies to enable the expected paradigm shift to the next‐generation patient‐centered diagnosis and therapy. In this review, the state‐of‐the‐art development in the field of stretchable electronics with a focus on soft wearable healthcare by covering materials design principles, types of biometric signals, and closed‐loop sensing and feedbacks is discussed.