Wearable Sensor System for Detection of Lactate in Sweat

Increased development of wearable sensors for physiological monitoring has spurred complementary interest in the detection of biochemical indicators of health and performance. We report a wearable sensor system for non-invasive detection of excreted human biomarkers in sweat. The system consists of a thin, flexible, kapton patch (2.5 × 7.5 cm) that can be coated with adhesive and affixed to the skin. The system can be controlled by a cell phone via a near-field communications protocol, charged wirelessly, and the data can be downloaded and displayed in a smart phone app. The system is designed such that the sensing element plugs into a low-profile socket, and can easily be removed and replaced as needed due to saturation or aging effects. As a demonstration case, we examined using an organic electrochemical transistor (OECT) within this system to monitor lactate concentration. Several different methods for optimizing the sensor performance were compared, including altering electrode materials, employing various immobilization techniques, and tailoring operating voltages. Resulting functional response of the lactate oxidase enzyme was compared as a function of the sensor variables. The OECT sensor was shown to have high sensitivity to lactate, however the sensing range is limited to lactate concentrations below approximately 1 mM.

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