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IEEE SENSORS JOURNAL
卷 23, 期 12, 页码 12626-12633出版社
IEEE-INST ELECTRICAL ELECTRONICS ENGINEERS INC
DOI: 10.1109/JSEN.2023.3272310
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Animal experiment; flexible; heartbeat; microsensor; packaging; respiration
Respiration and heartbeat, important vital signs, can be measured simultaneously using a flexible airflow rate microsensor. The packaging technique, utilizing the physical connection of the lung and heart, improves the time response and sensitivity of the sensor. The successful demonstration of simultaneous respiration and heartbeat measurement in a small animal experiment highlights the potential of this sensor.
Respiration and heartbeat are among the important vital signs of living beings. Taking advantage of the physical attachment of the lung and heart, measurements of both can be performed simultaneously using airflow rate microsensors to measure the respiration airflow. For such airflow rate sensors, the packaging is crucial to define and encapsulate the airflow region. In this study, we propose a facile packaging technique for flexible airflow rate microsensors. The thermal calorimetric sensing structure was fabricated through a standard microfabrication technology on a thin polyimide (PI) film. The film was packaged at the center of a resin tube utilizing its buckling. We also proposed an approach to improve the time response by limiting the thermal capacity around the sensing structure through the implementation of a thin substrate for the sensing structure supported by a thicker film. The strategy successfully improved both the time response and sensitivity of the airflow rate sensor. Finally, the utilization of the sensor for simultaneous respiration and heartbeat measurement was demonstrated through an animal experiment using a small animal, namely rats.
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