Wearable Pressure Sensors for Pulse Wave Monitoring

Cardiovascular diseases remain the leading cause of death worldwide. Exemple applications of pulse wave measurement based on microengineering structured devices are then summarized.

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• 1 The rapid development of flexible sensing technologies and wearable pressure sensors have attracted keen research interest and have been widely used for long-term and real-time cardiovascular status monitoring.
• 2 Owing to compelling characteristics, including light weight, wearing comfort, and high sensitivity to pulse pressures, physiological pulse waveforms can be precisely and continuously monitored by flexible pressure sensors for wearable health monitoring.
• 3 Herein, an overview of wearable pressure sensors for human pulse wave monitoring is presented, with a focus on the transduction mechanism, microengineering structures, and related applications in pulse wave monitoring and cardiovascular condition assessment.

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