A new extremely small sensor for measuring a blood flow and a contact pressure simultaneously

Ryo Inoue, Hirofumi Nogami, Eiji Higurashi, Renshi Sawada

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    Abstract

    A number of laser Doppler blood flow sensors have been developed over the past few decades. However, they remain uncommon in practice. This is because the contact pressure between the skin and the sensor is not measured simultaneously with blood flow, despite the fact that blood flow is greatly affected by contact pressure. Thus, reliable and highly reproducible measurement of blood flow could not be realized. Therefore, we have developed a micro electro mechanical systems (MEMS) blood flow sensor which has a built-in pressure sensor, for reliable and highly reproducible measurement.

    Original languageEnglish
    Title of host publication2017 International Conference on Optical MEMS and Nanophotonics, OMN 2017 - Proceedings
    PublisherIEEE Computer Society
    ISBN (Electronic)9781538607374
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - Sept 26 2017
    Event22nd International Conference on Optical MEMS and Nanophotonics, OMN 2017 - Santa Fe, United States
    Duration: Aug 13 2017Aug 17 2017

    Publication series

    NameInternational Conference on Optical MEMS and Nanophotonics
    ISSN (Print)2160-5033
    ISSN (Electronic)2160-5041

    Other

    Other22nd International Conference on Optical MEMS and Nanophotonics, OMN 2017
    Country/TerritoryUnited States
    CitySanta Fe
    Period8/13/178/17/17

    All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

    • Hardware and Architecture
    • Electrical and Electronic Engineering
    • Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials

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