Boxer Underwear Incorporating Textile Moisture Sensor to Prevent Nocturnal Enuresis

Gaubert, Valentin; Gidik, Hayriye; Koncar, Vladan

Document type :

Article dans une revue scientifique: Article original

DOI :

10.3390/s20123546

PMID :

32585909

Permalink :

http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12210/84643

Title :

Boxer Underwear Incorporating Textile Moisture Sensor to Prevent Nocturnal Enuresis

Author(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]

Journal title :

Sensors

Volume number :

Publisher :

MDPI

Publication date :

2020-06-23

ISSN :

1424-8220

English keyword(s) :

textile moisture sensor
urine leakage sensor
enuresis alarm
urinary incontinence

HAL domain(s) :

Sciences de l'ingénieur [physics]

English abstract : [en]

Around 15% of children still wet their bed after five years old. Although bedwetting alarms have proven to be effective to achieve nighttime dryness, they are cumbersome so children could be reluctant to use them. Therefore, ...
Show more >Around 15% of children still wet their bed after five years old. Although bedwetting alarms have proven to be effective to achieve nighttime dryness, they are cumbersome so children could be reluctant to use them. Therefore, the moisture sensor and wire were made unobtrusive by seamlessly integrated them into fully textile underwear by using conductive yarns. Consequently, the alarm acceptability should be enhanced by improving children’s comfort. Three conductive textile metallic yarns, made of silver or stainless steel, were considered to fabricate the urine leakage sensor. Silver-plated-nylon yarn, which showed the highest electrical conductivity, outperformed the stainless-steel yarns regarding its ability to detect urine leakage as well as its detection speed. Furthermore, it was proven to withstand multiple urine soakings and the following machine-washings, even at high temperature (60 °C). However, the electrical current, necessary to detect the leakage, tends to corrode the silver. Therefore, the detection circuit was adapted. Eventually, the designed leakage sensor was seamlessly integrated into a child’s trunk underwear, into which a miniaturized alarm can be plugged. The resulting textile underwear aims at replacing the rigid alarm system currently available, hence improving the quality of life of enuretic children and help them achieving nighttime dryness.Show less >

Language :

Anglais

Audience :

Internationale

Popular science :

Non

Comment :

This article belongs to the Special Issue E-Textiles and Sensors.

Administrative institution(s) :

Université de Lille
ENSAIT
Junia HEI

Collections :

Génie des matériaux textiles (GEMTEX) - ULR 2641

Submission date :

2023-06-20T01:43:42Z
2024-03-15T16:42:47Z

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