Smart textile with optical goniometer

Raluca-Diana Șandru; Andrei Drăgulinescu; Ana-Maria Claudia Drăgulinescu

doi:10.1117/12.2643159

2 March 2023 Smart textile with optical goniometer

Raluca-Diana Șandru, Andrei Drăgulinescu, Ana-Maria Claudia Drăgulinescu

Proceedings Volume 12493, Advanced Topics in Optoelectronics, Microelectronics, and Nanotechnologies XI; 124932G (2023) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2643159
Event: Advanced Topics in Optoelectronics, Microelectronics and Nanotechnologies 2022, 2022, Constanta, Romania

Abstract

This paper demonstrates the fabrication of a smart sleeve, able to monitor the elbow flexion by means of the carrying angle. The setup of the system includes the use of a polymeric optical fiber (POF) sensor, i.e., a sensor based on a POF fiber, a light-emitting diode (LED) and a photodiode. This represents an element of novelty in medicine, where until now only mobile applications or costly devices have been used for obtaining the desired results. The purpose of our paper is to replace the classical goniometer, used by physicians, with an optical goniometer, much easier to use, that the patient can use at home, without being necessary to go to a clinic. Moreover, our proposed application is unique, as it also belongs to the domain of smart textile devices. The goniometer is embedded in a sleeve that the patient can wear anytime and anywhere, to find the carrying angle, a highly important parameter for sportsmen, who often fracture their arms during their activities. The information obtained from the measurements can offer the patient an evaluation of his health state or of his degree of recovery after a fracture or operation, without requiring a visit to a physiotherapist.

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Raluca-Diana Șandru, Andrei Drăgulinescu, and Ana-Maria Claudia Drăgulinescu "Smart textile with optical goniometer", Proc. SPIE 12493, Advanced Topics in Optoelectronics, Microelectronics, and Nanotechnologies XI, 124932G (2 March 2023); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2643159

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