Journal
SENSORS
Volume 22, Issue 11, Pages -Publisher
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/s22114252
Keywords
fiber Bragg grating (FBG) sensor; smart garment; sensor calibration; body temperature monitoring; optical fiber bending loss
Funding
- National Key Research and Development Programof China [2019YFF0302100]
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [51473122]
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This study reports a smart garment for monitoring human body temperature based on FBG sensors, which exhibit good vibration resistance and bending adaptability. By integrating the sensor, optical fiber, and garment using an electric iron and hot press machine, it can be used in special environments.
Body temperature provides an insight into the physiological state of a person, and body temperature changes reflect much information about human health. In this study, a garment for monitoring human body temperature based on fiber Bragg grating (FBG) sensors is reported. The FBG sensor was encapsulated with a PMMA tube and calibrated in the thermostatic water bath. The results showed that FBG sensors had good vibration resistance, and the wavelength changed about 0-1 pm at a 0.5-80 Hz vibration frequency. The bending path of the optical fiber after integration with clothing is discussed. When the bending radius is equal to or greater than 20 mm, a lower bending loss can be achieved even under the bending and stretching of the human body. The FBG sensor, the optical fiber, and the garment were integrated together using hot melt glue by the electric iron and the hot press machine. Through experiments of monitoring human body temperature, the sensor can reach the human armpit temperature in about 10-15 min with the upper arm close to the torso. Because it is immune to electromagnetic interferences, the smart garment can be used in some special environments such as ultrasonography, magnetic resonance (MR), and aerospace.
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