Pacifier Biosensor

This report comes from a collaboration of researchers at the University of California San Diego, and the University of Alcala in Madrid, Spain.  “[We] describe the first chemical wearable sensor for newborn monitoring. This fully integrated pacifier operates as a portable wireless device toward noninvasive chemical monitoring in the infant’s saliva. The infant’s mouth movements on the pacifier result in efficient saliva pumping and promote unidirectional flow from the mouth to the electrochemical chamber. The integrated electrochemical detection chamber, containing the enzymatic biosensor, is located outside of the oral cavity.”  MORE

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