Titre :

Proposal of a Lab Bench for the Unobtrusive Monitoring of the Bladder Fullness with Bioimpedance Measurements

Auteur(s) :

Gaubert, Valentin [Auteur]
Génie et Matériaux Textiles [GEMTEX]
Gidik, Hayriye [Auteur]
Génie et Matériaux Textiles [GEMTEX]
Koncar, Vladan [Auteur]
Génie et Matériaux Textiles [GEMTEX]

Titre de la revue :

Sensors

Numéro :

20

Éditeur :

MDPI

Date de publication :

2020-07-17

ISSN :

1424-8220

Mot(s)-clé(s) en anglais :

bioimpedance
pelvic phantom
bladder volume monitoring
urinary incontinence

Discipline(s) HAL :

Sciences de l'ingénieur [physics]

Résumé en anglais : [en]

(1) Background: millions of people, from children to the elderly, suffer from bladder dysfunctions all over the world. Monitoring bladder fullness with appropriate miniaturized textile devices can improve, significantly, ...
Lire la suite >(1) Background: millions of people, from children to the elderly, suffer from bladder dysfunctions all over the world. Monitoring bladder fullness with appropriate miniaturized textile devices can improve, significantly, their daily life quality, or even cure them. Amongst the existing bladder sensing technologies, bioimpedance spectroscopy seems to be the most appropriate one to be integrated into textiles. (2) Methods: to assess the feasibility of monitoring the bladder fullness with textile-based bioimpedance spectroscopy; an innovative lab-bench has been designed and fabricated. As a step towards obtaining a more realistic pelvic phantom, ex vivo pig’s bladder and skin were used. The electrical properties of the fabricated pelvic phantom have been compared to those of two individuals with tetrapolar impedance measurements. The measurements’ reproducibility on the lab bench has been evaluated and discussed. Moreover, its suitability for the continuous monitoring of the bladder filling has been investigated. (3) Results: although the pelvic phantom failed in reproducing the frequency-dependent electrical properties of human tissues, it was found to be suitable at 5 kHz to record bladder volume change. The resistance variations recorded are proportional to the conductivity of the liquid filling the bladder. A 350 mL filling with artificial urine corresponds to a decrease in resistance of 7.2%, which was found to be in the same range as in humans. (4) Conclusions: based on that resistance variation; the instantaneous bladder fullness can be extrapolated. The presented lab-bench will be used to evaluate the ability of textiles electrodes to unobtrusively monitor the bladder volume.Lire moins >

Langue :

Anglais

Audience :

Internationale

Vulgarisation :

Non

Établissement(s) :

Université de Lille
ENSAIT
Junia HEI

Collections :

• Génie des matériaux textiles (GEMTEX) - ULR 2641

Date de dépôt :

2023-06-20T01:43:13Z
2024-03-15T16:56:09Z