Nokia Technologies Oy

Mingde Zheng

Christopher Wright

Shreyas Shah

Salvatore Zarra

Rory Mcdonald

The application relates to an apparatus which comprises at least one portion of artificial skin () and a plurality of sensors () dispersed within the at least one portion of artificial skin (). The plurality of sensors () have at least one physical property which is configured to be modified when the plurality of sensors () are exposed to a parameter such that the modification of the physical property can be detected by an external detector (). The application also relates to detection systems comprising such apparatus.

Artificial skin

An electrode apparatus comprising: a substrate, the substrate comprising: a first microfluidic channel; a second microfluidic channel; and at least one conduit extending between the first microfluidic channel and the second microfluidic channel; wherein the first microfluidic channel and the at least one conduit comprise electrically conductive material, and wherein the second microfluidic channel is exposed to the external environment and configured to absorb liquid by capillary action.

Electrode apparatuses and methods of forming electrode apparatuses

A perfusive tissue phantom is disclosed. An example tissue phantom includes a chamber with fluid inlets disposed on a first side and fluid outlets disposed on a second side spaced apart from the first side. The tissue phantom also includes a hydrogel region connected to at least one of the fluid inlets and including a permeable hydrogel with structural characteristics that simulate a type of tissue. The tissue phantom also includes a microfluidic conduit coupled to at least one of the fluid inlets. The microfluidic conduit is a flexible, semi-permeable fiber that simulates a blood vessel. The structural characteristics of the permeable hydrogel may include a selected density, porosity, rigidity and dimension that approximate a target density, porosity, rigidity and dimension of interstitial space of the type of tissue.

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