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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 16, 2021
Filed:
Nov. 04, 2015
North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC (US);
Alper Bozkurt, Raleigh, NC (US);
Tushar Ghosh, Raleigh, NC (US);
Michael McKnight, Raleigh, NC (US);
North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC (US);
Abstract
A smart patch including multi-component strands integrated into clothing or other textiles where the strands of the smart patch include sensory elements that can simultaneously measure tactile forces, moisture/wetness, and other signals, such as biopotentials. A sensing system comprising: a first set of strands including a plurality of first multi-component strands, each of the first multi-component strands including a conductive portion and a non-conductive portion; and a second set of strands including a plurality of second multi-component strands, each of the second multicomponent strands including a conductive portion and a non-conductive portion, and a plurality of third multi-component strands, each of the third multicomponent strands including a conductive portion and a non-conductive portion, the third multi-component strands being different than the first multi-component strands and the second multi-component strands.