Descripción del proyecto
Nuevas fibras textiles inteligentes y ajustables: un nuevo paradigma para fines médicos
Toda una serie de prometedoras tecnologías de sensores imprimibles y electrodos ponibles está permitiendo la monitorización de datos electrofisiológicos del organismo y el suministro de electroestimulación, lo cual puede salvar vidas. Además, están aumentando las expectativas respecto al desarrollo de soluciones más eficaces, seguras y fáciles de usar para el cuidado de la salud y un estilo de vida saludable. En este sentido, el proyecto financiado con fondos europeos WEARPLEX proporcionará avances revolucionarios a partir de la integración de dispositivos electrónicos imprimibles con electrodos biomédicos flexibles y basados en fibras textiles para llevar puestos. El objetivo de esta investigación multidisciplinario es hacer posible la fabricación de electrodos de varias almohadillas textiles elásticas con circuitos lógicos integrados que permitan una colocación ajustable y flexible. Se creará un nuevo paradigma mediante un electrodo inteligente personalizado que sea compatible con cualquier sistema.
Objetivo
WEARPLEX is a multidisciplinary research and innovation action with the overall aim to integrate printed electronics with flexible and wearable textile-based biomedical multi-pad electrodes. It aims to answer the growing need for user-friendly electrodes for pervasive measurement of electrophysiological signals and application of electrical stimulation. It focuses on the development of the printable electronics and manufacturing processes for stretchable textile based multi-pad electrodes with integrated logic circuits that enable a significant increase in the number of electrode pads (channels) and facilitate the creation of new products in the sectors of medical electronics and life-style. The advanced printed electronics integrated in WEARPLEX electrodes will allow the individual pads to be connected in arbitrary configurations to the output leads of the electrode. Therefore, the pads will be flexibly organized into several virtual electrodes of arbitrary position, shape and size that can be connected to any standard multi-channel recording and stimulation system. In addition, software methods will be developed for automatic calibration of these virtual electrodes, to detect stimulation/recording hotspots and adjust the virtual electrodes accordingly.
Therefore, the WEARPLEX project will lead to a new generation of smart electrodes that will be able to adapt simultaneously to the user (wearable and stretchable garment), recording/stimulation scenario (movement type and target muscles) and recording/stimulation system (number of channels). This is a paradigm shift in designing the recording and stimulation systems, as the switching electronics is shifted from the custom-made stimulator/recording device to the smart electrode, leading to a universal solution compatible with any system.
Ámbito científico
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H2020-ICT-2018-2
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RIA - Research and Innovation actionCoordinador
SO17 1BJ Southampton
Reino Unido