Blood flow sensor with built-in contact pressure and temperature sensor

R. Sawada, H. Nogami, R. Inoue, E. Higurashi

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Abstract

Measurement of blood flow is very important since it carries oxygen, nutrients, heat and information on body condition to the tissues in every corner of the body. However, their use in practice remains uncommon. This is because contact pressure has not been considered while measuring blood flow, despite the fact that blood flow is greatly affected by it. The contact pressure between the skin and the sensor is required to be measured simultaneously and at the same position with blood flow, to make the reproducibility and reliability of the measurement higher. We have developed highly reliable and highly reproducible micro blood flow sensor with a built-in contact pressure sensor and temperature sensor by adding a temperature sensor at the same position also considering the temperature highly influential in blood flow.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationSymposium on Design, Test, Integration and Packaging of MEMS/MOEMS, DTIP 2018
EditorsRomolo Marcelli, Yoshio Mita, Stewart Smith, Francis Pressecq, Pascal Nouet, Frederick Mailly, Peter Schneider
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages1-4
Number of pages4
ISBN (Electronic)9781538661994
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2018 Jun 22
Externally publishedYes
Event20th Symposium on Design, Test, Integration and Packaging of MEMS and MOEMS, DTIP 2018 - Roma, Italy
Duration: 2018 May 222018 May 25

Publication series

NameSymposium on Design, Test, Integration and Packaging of MEMS/MOEMS, DTIP 2018

Other

Other20th Symposium on Design, Test, Integration and Packaging of MEMS and MOEMS, DTIP 2018
Country/TerritoryItaly
CityRoma
Period18/5/2218/5/25

Keywords

  • Blood flow
  • Contact pressure
  • Laser Doppler
  • Optical MEMS
  • Optical sensor

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering
  • Mechanical Engineering
  • Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality
  • Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
  • Instrumentation

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