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    A wireless strain sensor for wound monitoring with direct laser-defined patterning on a commercial dressing
    (IEEE, 2016-01) Rahimi, Rahim; Ochoa, Manuel; Zieger, Michael; Sood, Rajiv; Ziaie, Babak; Department of Surgery, IU School of Medicine
    Controlled mechanical strain or stress on a wound site can promote accelerated neovascularization and cellular proliferation for improved wound healing; however, these mechanical forces have not been properly quantified due to a lack of standardized technique. As a solution, we developed a wireless strain sensor on a commercial wound dressing. The sensor consists of a flexible antenna coil whose resonant frequency changes in response to applied strain. The frequency change of the sensor is observed to be a linear function of applied strain in the range of 0-35%, with an average sensitivity of 150 kHz/%strain and negligible hysteresis. The sensor is fabricated through a simple process that consist of defining a screen-printing mask directly over the wound dressing using laser machining. The fabrication technique can be scaled up for mass production using roll-to-roll methods.