Ultra-thin sensors in âsmartâ contact lenses could monitor user health 06 Jan 2021
Professional Engineering
Stock image. The smart contact lens sensors were developed by an international team of researchers (Credit: Shutterstock) An international team of researchers has developed a âbreakthroughâ sensor system and manufacturing process for new âsmartâ contact lenses.
Engineers from the University of Surrey worked with partners from the UK National Physical Laboratory, Harvard University in Massachusetts, the University of Science and Technology of China, George Washington University in Washington DC and Zhejiang University Ningbo Research Institute in China to develop the ultra-thin sensors.
The new contact lens system contains a multitude of sensors – a photodetector for receiving optical information, a temperature sensor for diagnosing potential corneal disease and a glucose sensor for directly monitoring glucose levels
Study Demonstrates Novel Multifunctional Ultrathin Contact Lens Sensor
Written by AZoSensorsJan 6 2021
The huge impact of the recent COVID-19 pandemic, along with other chronic health risks or diseases, has triggered substantially the need to develop and apply bioelectronics and medical devices for real-time monitoring and diagnosis of health status.
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Besides all such devices, smart contact lenses have gained immense interest because of their potential to directly monitor physiological and ambient information. Smart contact lenses fitted with high-sensitivity sensors could enable a non-invasive technique for the continuous detection of biomarkers in tears.
Moreover, they can be fitted with application-specific integrated circuit chips to further improve their functionality to receive, process and transmit physiological characteristics, manage health risks and illnesses and eventually promote health and wellbeing. Although there have been cons