Flexible and stretchable electronics for wearable healthcare devices and minimally invasive surgical tools

Dae-Hyeong Kim; Mincheol Lee; Hyunjae Lee

doi:10.1117/12.2220147

17 May 2016 Flexible and stretchable electronics for wearable healthcare devices and minimally invasive surgical tools

Dae-Hyeong Kim, Mincheol Lee, Hyunjae Lee

Proceedings Volume 9836, Micro- and Nanotechnology Sensors, Systems, and Applications VIII; 98361E (2016) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2220147
Event: SPIE Defense + Security, 2016, Baltimore, MD, United States

Abstract

Recent advances in soft electronics have attracted great attention, largely due to their potential applications in personalized, bio-integrated healthcare devices. The mechanical mismatch between conventional electronic/optoelectronic devices and soft human tissues/organs have presented many challenges, such as the low signalto- noise ratio of biosensors because of the incomplete integration of rigid devices with the body, inflammation and excessive immune responses of implanted stiff devices originated from friction and their foreign nature to biotic systems, and the considerable discomfort and consequent stress experienced by users when wearing/implanting these devices. Ultra-flexible and stretchable electronic devices are being highlighted due to their low system modulus and the intrinsic system-level softness that are important to solve these issues. Here, we describe our unique strategies for the nanomaterial synthesis and fabrication, their seamless assembly and integration, and the design and development of corresponding wearable healthcare devices and minimally invasive surgical tools. These bioelectronic systems fully utilize recent breakthroughs in unconventional soft electronics based on nanomaterials to address unsolved issues in clinical medicine and to provide new opportunities in the personalized healthcare.

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Dae-Hyeong Kim, Mincheol Lee, and Hyunjae Lee "Flexible and stretchable electronics for wearable healthcare devices and minimally invasive surgical tools", Proc. SPIE 9836, Micro- and Nanotechnology Sensors, Systems, and Applications VIII, 98361E (17 May 2016); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2220147

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