US 11,684,762 B2
Energy self-sufficient real time bio-signal monitoring and nutrient delivery system based on salinity gradient power generation
Nam-Jo Jeong, Jeju-si (KR); Ji Yeon Choi, Jeju-si (KR); Han-Ki Kim, Jeju-si (KR); Seung Cheol Yang, Jeju-si (KR); Kyo Sik Hwang, Jeju-si (KR); Ji-Hyung Han, Jeju-si (KR); Joo-Youn Nam, Jeju-si (KR); Eun-Jin Jwa, Jeju-si (KR); Soon-Chul Park, Jeju-si (KR); Yong-Seog Seo, Daejeon-si (KR); and Moon-Seok Jang, Daejeon-si (KR)
Assigned to KOREA INSTITUTE OF ENERGY RESEARCH, Daejeon (KR)
Appl. No. 16/651,605
Filed by KOREA INSTITUTE OF ENERGY RESEARCH, Daejeon (KR)
PCT Filed Feb. 2, 2018, PCT No. PCT/KR2018/001468
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Mar. 27, 2020,
PCT Pub. No. WO2019/132107, PCT Pub. Date Jul. 4, 2019.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2017-0184854 (KR), filed on Dec. 29, 2017; and application No. 10-2018-0012895 (KR), filed on Feb. 1, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2020/0316354 A1, Oct. 8, 2020
Int. Cl. A61M 37/00 (2006.01); A61L 31/14 (2006.01); A61L 31/02 (2006.01); H01M 8/22 (2006.01); A61B 5/0531 (2021.01); A61N 1/30 (2006.01)
CPC A61M 37/00 (2013.01) [A61L 31/026 (2013.01); A61L 31/146 (2013.01); H01M 8/227 (2013.01); A61B 5/0531 (2013.01); A61M 2037/0007 (2013.01); A61M 2230/65 (2013.01); A61N 1/30 (2013.01); H01M 2250/30 (2013.01)] 8 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An energy self-sufficient system based on salinity gradient power generation, comprising:
a first Reverse Electro Dialysis (RED) pad and a second RED pad each configured to generate electricity by using a nutrient and/or drug solution;
a water supply unit configured to supply water to the first RED pad and the second RED pad,
the first RED pad comprising:
a first pad supporting body formed with a first electrode pattern,
a second pad supporting body formed with a second electrode pattern disposed below the first pad supporting body,
a first skin contact delivery unit disposed below the second pad supporting body,
a plurality of RED unit cells arranged between the first pad supporting body and the second pad supporting body, and electrically connected to the first electrode pattern and the second electrode pattern, and
a first terminal disposed on the second pad supporting body and configured to apply a first polarity to the first skin contact delivery unit by being electrically connected to one of the plurality of RED unit cells,
the second RED pad comprising:
a third pad supporting body formed with a third electrode pattern,
a fourth pad supporting body formed with a fourth electrode pattern disposed below the third pad supporting body,
a second skin contact delivery unit disposed below the fourth pad supporting body,
a plurality of RED unit cells arranged between the third pad supporting body and the fourth pad supporting body, and electrically connected to the third electrode pattern and the fourth electrode pattern, and
a second terminal disposed on the fourth pad supporting body and configured to apply a second polarity to the second skin contact delivery unit by being electrically connected to one of the plurality of RED unit cells of the second RED pad,
wherein, the water supply unit is disposed on the first pad supporting body of the first RED pad, and the third pad supporting body of the second RED pad, and supplies water to the plurality of RED unit cells of the first RED pad and the plurality of RED unit cells of the second RED pad.