Design and development of a stretchable electronic textile and its application in a knee sleeve targeting wearable pain management
Design and development of a stretchable electronic textile and its application in a knee sleeve targeting wearable pain management
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10.1016/j.sna.2024.115102
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2024-02
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Meijing Liu;Gillian Lake-Thompson;Alison Wescott;S. Beeby;J. Tudor;Kai Yang
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Meijing Liu;Gillian Lake-Thompson;Alison Wescott;S. Beeby;J. Tudor;Kai Yang
本文介绍了一种可伸缩的电子纺织品（电子纺织品）的发展和设计的膝盖套与集成电极的可穿戴应用。电子纺织品是通过将印刷的导电图案层压到针织物上，然后在导电图案的导电垫的顶部印刷碳橡胶电极层来实现的。测试了两种由不同纱线制成的针织弹力织物的杨氏模量，并讨论了它们对电子纺织品和服装性能的影响。这些织物上层压有直线、正弦波、半圆和马蹄形形式的四种印刷导电轨道设计。四种设计的电导率，拉伸过程中的变化，拉伸后的松弛，和洗涤耐久性方面进行了研究。附接到导电轨道的每一端的卡扣连接器提供电子互连。电子纺织品可以经受100次洗涤循环，最大阻力增加1.44倍。一种用于膝关节疼痛管理的可穿戴电疗的合适的膝盖套，通过以最佳正弦设计层压导电轨道，然后在顶部印刷碳橡胶电极来制造。
This paper presents the development of a stretchable electronic textile (e-textile) and the design of a knee sleeve with integrated electrodes for wearable applications. The e-textile is achieved by laminating a printed conductive pattern onto knitted fabric, followed by printing a carbon rubber electrode layer on top of the conductive pads of the conductive pattern. The Young’s modulus of two knitted stretchable fabrics, made of different textile yarns, is tested and their impact on the e-textile and garment properties is discussed. Four printed conductive track designs in the form of a straight line, a sine wave, a half circle, and a horseshoe are laminated on these fabrics. The four designs are investigated in terms of conductivity, change during stretching, relaxation after stretching, and wash durability. A snap connector, attached to each end of the conductive tracks, provides electronic interconnection. The e-textiles survive 100 wash cycles with a resultant maximum resistance increase of 1.44 times. A fitted knee sleeve, for use in wearable electrotherapy for knee joint pain management, is fabricated by laminating a conductive track in the optimal sinusoidal design and then printing carbon rubber electrodes on top.