Yin Ziyu, Clark Kaylee M, Ray Tyler R
Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Hawai'i at Mānoa, Honolulu, HI 96822 USA.
Department of Cell and Molecular Biology, John. A. Burns School of Medicine, University of Hawai'i at Mānoa, Honolulu, HI 96813, USA.
Adv Sens Res. 2024 Mar;3(3). doi: 10.1002/adsr.202300137. Epub 2023 Dec 22.
Persistent disparities exist in access to state-of-the-art healthcare disproportionately affecting underserved and vulnerable populations. Advances in wearable sensors enabled by additive manufacturing (AM) offer new opportunities to address such disparities and enhance equitable access advanced diagnostic technologies. Additive manufacturing provides a pathway to rapidly prototype bespoke, multifunctional wearable sensors thereby circumventing existing barriers to innovation for resource-limited settings imposed by the need for specialized facilities, technical expertise, and capital-intensive processes. This review examines recent progress in the additive manufacture of wearable platforms for physiological health monitoring. Supported by an initial overview of relevant techniques, representative examples of 3D printed wearable sensors highlight the potential for measuring clinically-relevant biophysical and biochemical signals of interest. The review concludes with a discussion of the promise and utility of additive manufacturing for wearable sensors, emphasizing opportunities for expanding access to vital healthcare technology and addressing critical health disparities.
在获得最先进的医疗保健方面，持续存在着差距，这些差距对服务不足和弱势群体的影响尤为严重。增材制造（AM）推动的可穿戴传感器的进步为解决此类差距和增强公平获取先进诊断技术的机会提供了新途径。增材制造提供了一条快速制作定制化、多功能可穿戴传感器原型的途径，从而规避了资源有限环境中因需要专业设施、技术专长和资本密集型工艺而对创新造成的现有障碍。本综述考察了用于生理健康监测的可穿戴平台增材制造的最新进展。在对相关技术进行初步概述的支持下，3D打印可穿戴传感器的代表性示例突出了测量感兴趣的临床相关生物物理和生化信号的潜力。综述最后讨论了增材制造用于可穿戴传感器的前景和效用，强调了扩大获取重要医疗技术和解决关键健康差距的机会。
