US Patent Issued to California Institute of Technology on Sept. 1 for "Physicochemical-sensing electronic skin for stress response monitoring" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 1 -- United States Patent no. 12,721,559, issued on Sept. 1, was assigned to California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, Calif.).

"Physicochemical-sensing electronic skin for stress response monitoring" was invented by Wei Gao (Pasadena, Calif.) and Changhao Xu (Pasadena, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods for a wearable stress response assessment system may include an iontophoresis module, a multi-inlet microfluidic sweat sampling component, and a sensor patch configured to detect concentrations of electrolytes and metabolites present in a sweat sample and monitor physiological signs prevalent in a human patient. An iontophoresis module may pro...