Cornell University

Jeyeon Jo

Heeju Park

A stretchable fiber optic pressure sensor is a sensing device that uses stretchable optical fibers that deform in response to an applied force. A deformation of a fiber causes a decrease in an intensity or alters a duration of the transmitted light due to a bend, crease, or dent in the fiber. The sensor may be configured to determine a pressure or force as applied by an appendage of a user. Multiple sensors may be configured to be in contact with multiple appendages, such as insoles inserted in shoes to determine walking attributes such as a gait, posture, pace, toe-walking, limping, stumbling, foot drop, swaying, or shuffling of a user. The sensor is configurable to transmit data associated with the applied pressure or force to a user's mobile device or computer to monitor or diagnose health issues associated with walking attributes determined through the use of the sensor.

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Ithaca, NY, United States of America

Jeyeon Jo