Rachim Vega Pradana, Park Sung-Min
Department of Creative IT Engineering (CiTE), Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH), Pohang 37673, Korea.
Department of Electrical Engineering, Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH), Pohang, 37673, Korea.
Essays Biochem. 2021 Aug 10;65(3):491-502. doi: 10.1042/EBC20200131.
Thin-film microfabrication-based bio-integrated sensors are widely used for a broad range of applications that require continuous measurements of biophysical and biochemical signals from the human body. Typically, they are fabricated using standard photolithography and etching techniques. This traditional method is capable of producing a precise, thin, and flexible bio-integrated sensor system. However, it has several drawbacks, such as the fact that it can only be used to fabricate sensors on a planar surface, it is highly complex requiring specialized high-end facilities and equipment, and it mostly allows only 2D features to be fabricated. Therefore, developing bio-integrated sensors via 3D-printing technology has attracted particular interest. 3D-printing technology offers the possibility to develop sensors on nonplanar substrates, which is beneficial for noninvasive bio-signal sensing, and to directly print on complex 3D nonplanar organ structures. Moreover, this technology introduces a highly flexible and precisely controlled printing process to realize patient-specific sensor systems for ultimate personalized medicine, with the potential of rapid prototyping and mass customization. This review summarizes the latest advancements in 3D-printed bio-integrated systems, including 3D-printing methods and employed printing materials. Furthermore, two widely used 3D-printing techniques are discussed, namely, ex-situ and in-situ fabrication techniques, which can be utilized in different types of applications, including wearable and smart-implantable biosensor systems.
基于薄膜微加工的生物集成传感器被广泛应用于各种需要连续测量人体生物物理和生化信号的领域。通常,它们是使用标准光刻和蚀刻技术制造的。这种传统方法能够生产出精确、薄且灵活的生物集成传感器系统。然而,它有几个缺点,比如它只能用于在平面表面制造传感器,它非常复杂,需要专门的高端设施和设备,并且大多只能制造二维特征。因此,通过3D打印技术开发生物集成传感器引起了特别的关注。3D打印技术提供了在非平面基板上开发传感器的可能性,这有利于无创生物信号传感,并且能够直接打印在复杂的3D非平面器官结构上。此外,这项技术引入了高度灵活且精确可控的打印过程,以实现针对最终个性化医疗的患者特异性传感器系统,具有快速原型制作和大规模定制的潜力。这篇综述总结了3D打印生物集成系统的最新进展,包括3D打印方法和所使用的打印材料。此外,还讨论了两种广泛使用的3D打印技术,即异位和原位制造技术,它们可用于不同类型的应用,包括可穿戴和智能植入式生物传感器系统。