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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 11, 2020
Filed:
Oct. 16, 2017
Eccrine Systems, Inc., Cincinnati, OH (US);
Gavi Begtrup, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Austin Morgan, Bellevue, KY (US);
Mikel Larson, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Jacob A. Bertrand, Norwood, OH (US);
Nicholas Bailey, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Cory Newland, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Robert Beech, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Brian Hanley, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Eccrine Systems, Inc., Cincinnati, OH (US);
Abstract
Embodiments of the disclosed invention provide devices and methods to incorporate suspension-based, i.e., hydrogel-based and thixotropic compound-based, ion-selective electrodes and reference electrodes into a wearable sweat sensing device. Embodiments of this device are configured to monitor sweat electrolyte concentrations, trends, and ratios under demanding use conditions. The accompanying method includes use of the disclosed device to track fluid and electrolyte gain and loss in order to produce an electrolyte estimate, such as a sweat electrolyte concentration, a sweat electrolyte concentration trend, a sweat rate, or a concentration ratio between a plurality of electrolytes.