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A wearable electrofluidic actuation system.

Haisong Lin¹, Hannaneh Hojaiji¹, Shuyu Lin¹

¹Interconnected & Integrated Bioelectronics Lab (I2BL), Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, USA. emaminejad@ucla.edu.

|August 10, 2019

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We developed a wearable system using alternating current electrothermal (ACET) effects to control biofluid flow on the body. This innovation enables new possibilities for on-body bioanalytical devices.

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Area of Science:

Biomedical Engineering
Microfluidics
Wearable Technology

Background:

Controlling biofluid flow on the body is crucial for advanced diagnostics.
Existing methods may lack the flexibility and programmability needed for personalized applications.

Purpose of the Study:

To develop a wearable electrofluidic actuation system for on-body biofluid manipulation.
To engineer tunable biofluid flow profiles using alternating current electrothermal (ACET) effects.

Main Methods:

Fabrication of corrosion-resistant electrodes on a flexible substrate.
Development of wirelessly programmable, high-frequency (MHz) excitation circuitry.
Demonstration of various tunable flow profiles using flexible ACET electrode configurations.

Main Results:

Successful induction of biofluid flow profiles on a wearable platform.
Experimental results align with ACET theory and simulations.
Demonstrated tunability of flow profiles through electrode design.

Conclusions:

The developed wearable ACET system offers precise control over biofluid flow.
This technology provides new degrees of freedom for lab-on-the-body platforms.
Enables advanced bioanalytical operations directly on the body.