Mouth guard type biosensor “cavitous sensor” for monitoring of saliva glucose with telemetry system

Introductory Chapter: Wearable Technologies for Healthcare Monitoring

“…A majority of the recent studies in this field have targeted the area of personalized medicine, endeavoring to develop miniaturized wearable devices featuring real-time glucose monitoring in diabetic patients [12][13][14][15]. One great example is contact lens which is an ideal wearable device that can be worn for hours without any pain or discomfort [16].…”

Textile Chemical Sensors Based on Conductive Polymers for the Analysis of Sweat

“…Consequently, wearable devices must answer new constraints to be a winning technology, because besides being reliable when compared with the state-of-the-art conventional sensors, they should be designed to be as less invasive as possible, in view of reaching a wear-and-forget functionality. To satisfy these requirements, the literature proposes different design strategies that are usually based on embedding the sensing element in real-life objects, such as contact lenses [ 3 , 4 ], tattoos [ 5 , 6 , 7 ], garments [ 8 , 9 ], dental appliances [ 10 ] and medical dressings [ 11 ]. Of course, these gadgets should detect the target compounds in a specific biofluid in their proximity, and thus mouth guard sensors operate in saliva, textile sensors in sweat, and contact lenses in tears.…”

Energy Solutions for Wearable Sensors: A Review

“…Physicians have used wearable sensors in several formats that are built to be attached to the human body to measure bio-signals. Biosensors can be embedded in glasses [ 4 ], contact lenses [ 5 ], mouth guards [ 6 ], clothing [ 7 ], wrist bands [ 8 ] and many other products. Wearable sensors can measure cardiovascular activity [ 9 ], body signals such as heart rate [ 10 ], blood pressure and respiration rate [ 11 ], and sweat content and interstitial fluid [ 12 ], which includes glucose, sodium and potassium levels.…”