Flexible Miniaturized Sensor Technologies for Long-Term Physiological Monitoring

Abstract

Physiological monitoring can provide detailed information about health conditions, and therefore presents great potentials for personalized healthcare. Flexible miniaturized sensors (FMS) for physiological monitoring have garnered significant attention because of their wide applications in collecting health-related information, evaluating and managing the state of human wellness in long term. In this review, we focus on the time scale of human physiological monitoring, the needs and advances in miniaturized technologies for long-term monitoring in typical applications. We also discuss the rational sample sources of FMS to select proper strategies for specific monitoring cases. Further, existing challenges and promising prospects are also presented.