Electronic Skin Patches for Sweat Sensing and Wound Monitoring

This IDTechEx premium article discusses the development and potential applications of electronic skin patches for sweat sensing and wound management. Electronic skin patches are thin, flexible devices that adhere to the skin and contain sensors to detect and measure various biomarkers. The article discusses galvanic skin response, the various analytes present in sweat, and the players involved in sweat sensing. In wound monitoring, electronic skin patches have the potential to be smart bandages, a potential solution to problems with wound dressing such as the development of infections. The article discusses the players and technologies in electronic skin patches for wound monitoring.