Devices with reduced sweat volumes between sensors and sweat glands
First Claim
1. A sweat sensor device for sensing sweat on the skin comprising:
- one or more sweat sensors; and
a volume-reducing component that provides a dominantly vertical pathway for sweat between and sweat glands and the one or more sweat sensors when said device is positioned on said skin,wherein said volume-reducing component is selected from the group consisting of a volume-reducing material and a pressure-permeated component, a sweat dissolvable material, a mechanically compliant material for conforming to a surface of said skin, an adhesive with a vertically anisotropic sweat pathway, the adhesive preventing horizontal movement of sweat, microcapsules including a barrier material, and combinations thereof.
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Abstract
A sweat sensor device (400c) for sensing sweat on the skin (12) includes one or more sweat sensors (420) and a volume-reducing component that provides a volume-reduced pathway (480) for sweat between the one or more sweat sensors (420) and sweat glands in said skin (12) when the device (400c) is positioned on said skin (12). The volume-reducing component may include a volume-reducing material (470) and a pressure-permeated component (460), a sweat dissolvable material (490), a mechanically compliant material (570) for conforming to the skin (12), an adhesive with a vertically anisotropic sweat pathway, and microcapsules (1385) including a barrier material. The presence of a volume-reducing component reduces the sweat volume and decreases the sampling interval.
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24 Claims
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1. A sweat sensor device for sensing sweat on the skin comprising:
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one or more sweat sensors; and a volume-reducing component that provides a dominantly vertical pathway for sweat between and sweat glands and the one or more sweat sensors when said device is positioned on said skin, wherein said volume-reducing component is selected from the group consisting of a volume-reducing material and a pressure-permeated component, a sweat dissolvable material, a mechanically compliant material for conforming to a surface of said skin, an adhesive with a vertically anisotropic sweat pathway, the adhesive preventing horizontal movement of sweat, microcapsules including a barrier material, and combinations thereof. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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23. A sweat sensor device for sensing sweat on the skin comprising:
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one or more sweat sensors; and a volume-reducing component that provides a volume-reduced pathway for sweat between the one or more sweat sensors and sweat glands when said device is positioned on said skin, wherein said volume-reducing component includes a plurality of enclosed volumes. - View Dependent Claims (24)
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