SmartWeave: A smart textile sensor system for unobtrusive monitoring of sweat metabolites

Patients with chronic conditions regularly need to visit the hospital for check-up and the taking of a blood sample. This is not only burdensome for the patient but the lab analyses are time consuming and expensive. In this project we develop a smart armband which analyses sweat continuously and unobtrusively during everyday activities. This can be achieved by weaving the sensors into the material and using a small clip-on electronics unit. With that we can help patients with affective disorders taking lithium as medication but it can also be used to monitor other metabolites like glucose or to detect dehydration.