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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 01, 2025
Filed:
Aug. 18, 2017
Applicant:
University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Inventors:
Jason C. Heikenfeld, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Phillip Simmers, Powell, OH (US);
Assignee:
University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/145 (2006.01); A61B 5/00 (2006.01); A61B 5/053 (2021.01); A61K 31/00 (2006.01); A61N 1/04 (2006.01); A61N 1/32 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/14521 (2013.01); A61B 5/053 (2013.01); A61B 5/4266 (2013.01); A61K 31/00 (2013.01); A61N 1/0428 (2013.01); A61N 1/325 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method for stimulating and sensing sweat includes dosing a sweat stimulant to skin effective to generate sweat at a generation rate of at least 0.1 nL/min/gland for a duration of six hours or more per dose of the sweat stimulant, and sensing generated sweat using a device placed on the skin comprising at least one sensor specific to an analyte in sweat. The dosing comprises at least one of: applying a charge density of less than 320 mC/cm/day or applying a one-time dose of the sweat stimulant.