Imagine a smart sticker for your skin that works like a tiny lab. Instead of needles and hospital visits, it reads your sweat to check how your kidneys are doing. It sends this health data straight to your phone, catching problems before they become serious.
Kidney disease is often diagnosed too late because current monitoring requires invasive blood tests and frequent hospital visits. This leads to high mortality rates and a heavy financial burden on healthcare systems.
A wireless wearable patch integrating iontophoresis for sweat production, microfluidic collection, and electrochemical sensors for three biomarkers, all connected to a smartphone via NFC/RF.
If you are a wearable health tech developer dealing with the lack of non-invasive kidney monitoring tools — this project developed a wireless skin patch that monitors urea, creatinine, and cystatin C. This allows for continuous health tracking without blood draws.
If you are a chronic disease management clinic dealing with high patient burdens and frequent hospital visits — this project developed a remote monitoring patch. This reduces the need for invasive tests and lowers the operational burden on healthcare systems.
If you are a printed electronics manufacturer dealing with the demand for sustainable medical hardware — this project developed a disposable platform using green electronics and scalable printing techniques. This ensures cost-effectiveness and minimizes environmental impact after disposal.
The project uses scalable printing techniques and sustainable materials to ensure the sensing platform is cost-effective and disposable.
Yes, the project specifically utilizes scalable printing techniques for the manufacturing of the patch and its components.
Based on available project data, specific patent or licensing details are not provided, though the project involves a consortium of 7 partners developing the technology.
The patch uses a single chip to analyze data and transmits it wirelessly via smartphone RF/NFC protocols.
The project period runs from 2023-07-01 to 2026-10-31.
The project is led by Silicon Austria Labs GmbH and consists of 7 partners across 4 countries (AT, EL, IT, PL). The group is heavily weighted toward research and academia, with 3 universities and 3 research organizations, while industry representation is low at 14% (1 partner). This suggests the project is currently focused on technical validation and scientific proof-of-concept rather than immediate commercial rollout.
Contact Silicon Austria Labs GmbH for technical specifications on the printed microfluidics.
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