US 12,343,139 B2
Sweat sensor patch
Rhokyun Kwak, Seoul (KR); Jina Choi, Gwangmyeong-si (KR); Sangha Kim, Seoul (KR); Hyunjung Yi, Seoul (KR); and Seongjin Park, Seoul (KR)
Assigned to KOREA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, Seoul (KR); and IUCF HYU (INDUSTRY-UNIVERSITY COOPERATION FOUNDATION HANYANG UNIVERSITY), Seoul (KR)
Filed by KOREA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, Seoul (KR); and IUCF-HYU (Industry-University Cooperation Foundation Hanyang University), Seoul (KR)
Filed on Sep. 10, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/471,165.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2021-0091860 (KR), filed on Jul. 13, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0013756 A1, Jan. 19, 2023
Int. Cl. A61B 5/145 (2006.01); A61B 5/00 (2006.01); A61B 5/1477 (2006.01); A61B 10/00 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 5/14517 (2013.01) [A61B 5/1477 (2013.01); A61B 5/6833 (2013.01); A61B 10/0064 (2013.01)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A sweat sensor patch configured to be attached to a skin of a user and used, the sweat sensor patch comprising:
an opening formed layer which has a first surface and a second surface which face in opposite directions, and includes an opening penetrating in a thickness direction from the first surface to the second surface;
an electrode layer formed on an inner wall surface of the opening;
a porous layer which is stacked on the second surface of the opening formed layer and is formed to cover the opening; and
a porous pillar which extends in the thickness direction of the opening formed layer within the opening and is connected with the porous layer,
wherein the porous pillar includes a hydrophobic material.