The Potential of Ultra-Flexible Organic Photonic Devises in Anesthesia and Vital Sign Monitoring

Abstract

This paper introduces ultra-flexible organic photonic devices for continuous physiological monitoring. It presents an ultra-flexible SpO₂ meter that directly attatch to the skin for single-point measurements and a conformable, high-resolution sheet-type image sensor for multipoint sensing. These devices can take static biometric data like fingerprints and vein image, as well as dynamic data such as pulse waves. This technology has the potential to measure biological information previously difficult to obtain, which is valuable for applications such as anesthesia and vital sign monitoring.