Soft Wireless Bioelectronics Designed for Real-Time, Continuous Health Monitoring of Farmworkers
Soft Wireless Bioelectronics Designed for Real-Time, Continuous Health Monitoring of Farmworkers
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DOI：
10.1002/adhm.202200170
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发表时间：
2022-04-03
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10
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Yeo, Woon-Hong
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作者：
Kim, Yun-Soung;Kim, Jihoon;Yeo, Woon-Hong
全球变暖导致的炎热夏季以及工作量和持续时间的增加正在危及农场工人的健康，这是热相关疾病（HRI）和死亡的高风险人群。尽管使用可穿戴传感器的先前研究显示了采用现场收集的数据进行HRI监测的可行性，但现有设备仍然具有局限性，例如来自运动伪影的数据丢失、来自刚性电子设备的设备不适、管理可摄取传感器的困难以及低时间分辨率。在这里，本文介绍了一种无线，可穿戴的生物电子系统，具有连续监测皮肤温度，心电图（ECG），心率（HR）和活动的功能，配置在一个单一的集成包。基于激光加工的先进纳米制造允许快速制造设备，并将传感器与高度透气的基底直接结合，从而可以管理过度出汗和多峰应力。为了验证该设备在农业环境中的性能，该设备被应用于多个农场工人的各种操作，包括蕨类植物，苗圃和作物。准确的数据记录，包括高保真ECG（信噪比：>20 dB）、准确的HR（线性相关r = 0.89，r（2）= 0.65）和可靠的温度/活动，证实了该设备对农场工人多参数健康监测的能力。
Hotter summers caused by global warming and increased workload and duration are endangering the health of farmworkers, a high-risk population for heat-related illness (HRI), and deaths. Although prior studies using wearable sensors show the feasibility of employing field-collected data for HRI monitoring, existing devices still have limitations, such as data loss from motion artifacts, device discomfort from rigid electronics, difficulties with administering ingestible sensors, and low temporal resolution. Here, this paper introduces a wireless, wearable bioelectronic system with functionalities for continuous monitoring of skin temperature, electrocardiograms (ECG), heart rates (HR), and activities, configured in a single integrated package. Advanced nanomanufacturing based on laser machining allows rapid device fabrication and direct incorporation of sensors with a highly breathable substrate, allowing for managing excessive sweating and multimodal stresses. To validate the device's performance in agricultural settings, the device is applied to multiple farmworkers at various operations, including fernery, nursery, and crop. The accurate data recording, including high-fidelity ECG (signal-to-noise ratio: >20 dB), accurate HR (r = 0.89, r(2) = 0.65 in linear correlation), and reliable temperature/activity, confirms the device's capability for multiparameter health monitoring of farmworkers.