Inventors of the innovative PETAL sensor patch technology: Assoc Prof Benjamin Tee (standing, left), Dr Su Xiaodi (standing, right), Mr Yang Zijie (seated, left), and Dr Zheng Xinting (seated, right).
Most wearable wound sensors measure only one or a small number of parameters, and they require bulky printed circuit boards and batteries. The PETAL sensor patch, on the other hand, currently measures 5 biomarkers and does not require any battery to operate. More biomarkers can be added if required.
Each PETAL sensor patch consists of a fluidic panel patterned in the form of a five-petal pinwheel flower, with each ‘petal’ acting as a sensing region. An opening in the centre of the fluidic panel collects fluid from wound and distributes the fluid evenly via 5 sampling channels to the sensing regions for analysis. Each sensing region uses a different colour-changing chemical to detect and measure the respective wound indicators – namely temperature, pH, trimethylamine, uric acid and moisture.
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