A New Approach for Monitoring Sweat Ammonia Levels Using a Ventilated Capsule
Annemarijn Steijlen (TU Delft - Electronic Instrumentation)
Jeroen Bastemaijer (TU Delft - Electronic Instrumentation)
R.J. Nederhoff (TU Delft - Electronic Instrumentation)
KMB Jansen (TU Delft - Emerging Materials)
Paddy J. French (TU Delft - Bio-Electronics)
Andre Bossche (TU Delft - Electronic Instrumentation)
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Abstract
Ammonium levels in sweat can potentially be used to measure muscle fatigue and to diagnose particular metabolic myopathies. To research the potential use of ammonia in sweat as a biomarker, a new real-time monitoring system is developed. This system consists of a capsule that is placed on the skin and ventilated with dry air. A metal-oxide gas sensor in the capsule detects the ammonia that is evaporated from sweat. The sensor system was built, and calibration experiments were performed. The sensors show good sensitivity from 27 mV/ppm to 1.1 mV/ppm in the desired measurement range of 1 to 30 ppm, respectively. A temperature and humidity sensor is integrated to compensate for temperature and humidity effects on the NH
3 sensor.
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