levodopa monitor fingertip patch - 1 (IMAGE)

University of California - San Diego

levodopa monitor fingertip patch - 1

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The wearable levodopa monitoring device consists of a flexible printed circuit board (left) connected to a patch (right) that houses a sweat-collecting hydrogel (small white circle), levodopa sensor (silver strips) and a paper fluidic channel (squiggly line).

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David Baillot/UC San Diego Jacobs School of Engineering

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Credit: David Baillot/UC San Diego Jacobs School of Engineering

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