Now Sense Sweat With US Developed Sweat Sensors

A new sweat sensor has been developed by a team led by Wei Gao, assistant professor of Medical Engineering at Caltech. This sweat sensor is hypersensitive than the previously developed sweat sensors. This sensor is wearable and can watch the levels of metabolites and nutrients in an individual’s blood.

It is more efficient since it can detect blood compounds of a lower concentration. The previously developed sweat sensors were able to detect compounds with a stronger concentration such as glucose and electrolytes.

It can help the doctors to understand the condition of the patients dealing with an illness involving kidneys, diabetes, heart all of which trigger metabolizes in the bloodstream.

Team lead Gao said, ”  “Such wearable sweat sensors have the potential to rapidly, continuously, and noninvasively capture changes in health at molecular levels.”

He added, “They could enable personalized monitoring, early diagnosis, and timely intervention.”

The sensor has already been tested on healthy individuals.

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