Chwee Teck Lim,
NUS Society Chair Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Institute for Health Innovation & Technology (iHealthtech), Mechanobiology Institute,
National University of Singapore
Professor Chwee Teck LIM is the NUS Society Chair Professor of Biomedical Engineering and Director of the Institute for Health Innovation and Technology at the National University of Singapore. His research interest is in the development of microfluidic technologies for applications in disease diagnosis and health monitoring. He has co-authored over 470 journal publications and is also a serial entrepreneur having started six companies. Prof Lim is an Elected Fellow of seven academies including the US National Academy of Inventors, IUPESM, AIMBE, IAMBE, AAET, among others. He and his team have garnered numerous research awards and honours including Asia’s Most Influential Scientist, Highly Cited Researcher, Asian Scientists 100, Wall Street Journal Asian Innovation Award (Gold) and the President's Technology Award among others.
Wearable Microfluidic and Microtubular Sensors For Biomedical Applications
Monday, 1 October 2018 at 14:00
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The future of healthcare wearables lies in continual sensing in an
unobtrusive manner. Tactile sensing is especially important to capture
mechanotransduced signals arising from the body, or as a result of
interactions with the external environment. However, conventional
sensors are rigid, stiff and obstrusive. Therefore, one of the key
objectives is to confer flexibility and stretchability to our sensing
elements, while maintaining its sensitivity and robustness. Here, we
develop a novel liquid-based microfluidic and microtubular sensors that
possess high flexibility, durability, and sensitivity. The sensors
comprise a soft elastomer-based microfluidic template encapsulating a
conductive liquid which serves as the active sensing element of the
device. This sensor is capable of distinguishing and quantifying the
various user-applied mechanical forces it is subjected to. We
demonstrated biomedical applications of our sensors in rehabilitation
monitoring, artificial sensing and disease tracking such as that for
diabetic patients. Overall, our work highlights the potential of the
liquid-based microfluidic sensing platform in a wide range of biomedical
applications and further facilitates the exploration and realization of
functional liquid-state device technology.
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