https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/202226604002
3D printed FBG based sensor for vital signal monitoring – Influence of the infill printing parameters
1 I3N, Department of Physics, University of Aveiro, Aveiro, Portugal.
2 Instituto de Telecomunicações and University of Aveiro, Aveiro, Portugal.
3 Unit of Measurements and Biomedical Instrumentation, Departmental Faculty of Engineering, Università Campus Bio-Medico di Roma, Rome, Italy.
4 Instituto de Telecomunicações, Instituto Superior Técnico, University of Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal.
5 PLUX - Wireless Biosignals, S.A, Lisboa, Portugal.
* Corresponding author: alex.ferreira@ua.pt; catia.tavares@ua.pt
Published online: 13 October 2022
The fused deposition modelling technique has been used in the production of strain sensors in which fibre Bragg gratings (FBGs) are encapsulated during the 3D printing process. This paper reports the study of the influence of the FBG position and the material filling, in this case a flexible polymer material, on the sensors’ sensitivity and overall performance. In addition, this study preliminarily evaluated the ability of the strain sensor to monitor (heart rate) HR and (respiratory rate) RR as a wearable on the wrist and as a non-intrusive solution on the back of an office chair.
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