A capacitive touch screen sensor for detection of urinary tract infections in portable biomedical devices

Sensors (Switzerland)

Volumn 14, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 13851-13862

  Honrado, Carlos ^a   Dong, Tao ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH EASTERN NORWAY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Capacitance detection; Portable biomedical devices; Touch screen sensor; Urinary tract infection

Indexed keywords

BODY FLUIDS; CAPACITANCE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; LIQUIDS;

BIOMEDICAL DEVICES; CAPACITANCE CHANGE; CAPACITANCE DETECTIONS; CAPACITIVE TOUCH SCREENS; DETECTION DEVICE; FEASIBLE ALTERNATIVES; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD SIMULATION; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS;

CAPACITIVE SENSORS;

EID: 84905270090     PISSN: 14248220     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/s140813851     Document Type: Article

References (30)

1. Nicolle, L. E. Uncomplicated urinary tract infection in adults including uncomplicated pyelonephritis. Urol. Clin. North Am. 2008, 35, 1-12.
2. Amdekar, S.; Singh, V.; Singh, D. D. Probiotic therapy: Immunomodulating approach toward urinary tract infection. Curr. Microbiol. 2011, 63, 484-490.
3. Salvatore, S.; Salvatore, S.; Cattoni, E.; Siesto, G.; Serati, M.; Sorice, P.; Torella, M. Urinary tract infections in women. Eur. J. Obstet. Gynecol. Reprod. Biol. 2011, 156, 131-136.
4. Graham, J. C.; Galloway, A. The laboratory diagnosis of urinary tract infection. J. Clin. Pathol. 2001, 54, 911-919.
5. Pezzlo, M. Detection of urinary tract infections by rapid methods. Clin. Microbiol. Rev. 1988, 1, 268-280.
6. Pezzlo, M. T.; Tan, G. L.; Peterson, E. M.; de la Maza, L. M. Screening of urine cultures by three automated systems. J. Clin. Microbiol. 1982, 15, 468-474.
7. Halloran, S.; Bennitt, W. Urine reagent strips: An MDA evaluation. Prof. Nurse 1999, 14, 791-796.
8. Longoria, C.; Gonzalez, G. FiltraCheck-UTI, a rapid, disposable system for detection of bacteriuria. J. Clin. Microbiol. 1987, 25, 926-928.
9. Males, B. M.; Bartholomew, W. R.; Amsterdam, D. Leukocyte esterase-nitrite and bioluminescence assays as urine screens. J. Clin. Microbiol. 1985, 22, 531-534.
10. Lamb, V. A.; Dalton, H. P.; Wilkins, J. R. Electrochemical method for the early detection of urinary-tract infections. Am. J. Clin. Pathol. 1976, 66, 91-95.
11. Livsey, S. A. Turbidimetric urine screening. Br. J. Biomed. Sci. 1995, 52, 71-73.
12. Jorgensen, J.; Jones, P. Comparative evaluation of the Limulus assay and the direct Gram stain for detection of significant bacteriuria. Am. J. Clin. Pathol. 1975, 63, 142-148.
13. Smith, T.; Eggington, R.; Pease, A.; Harris, D.; Spencer, R. Evaluation of Malthus 128H microbiological growth analyser for detecting significant bacteriuria. J. Clin. Pathol. 1985, 38, 926-928.
14. Kunin, C. M. Detection, prevention, and management of urinary tract infections: A manual for the physician, nurse, and allied health worker. Ann Intern. Med. 1975, 83, 128-129.
15. Ouslander, J. G.; Schapira, M.; Schnelle, J. F. Urine specimen collection from incontinent female nursing home residents. J. Am. Geriatr. Soc. 1995, 43, 279-281.
16. Gochman, R. F.; Karasic, R. B.; Heller, M. B. Use of portable ultrasound to assist urine collection by suprapubic aspiration. Ann. Emerg. Med. 1991, 20, 631-635.
17. Shvartzman, P.; Nasri, Y. Urine culture collected from gel-based diapers: Developing a novel experimental laboratory method. J. Am. Board Fam. Pract. 2004, 17, 91-95.
18. Putnam, D. F. Composition and Concentrative Properties of Human Urine; National Aeronautics and Space Administration: Washington, DC, USA, 1971.
19. Sharief, N.; Hameed, M.; Petts, D. Use of rapid dipstick tests to exclude urinary tract infection in children. Br. J. Biomed. Sci. 1998, 55, 242-246.
20. Carlsson, S.; Govoni, M.; Wiklund, N. P.; Weitzberg, E.; Lundberg, O. In Vitro Evaluation of a New Treatment for Urinary Tract Infections Caused by Nitrate-Reducing Bacteria. Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. 2003, 47, 3713-3718.
21. Won, B. Y.; Park, H. G. A touchscreen as a biomolecule detection platform. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. Engl. 2012, 51, 748-751.
22. Karlsen, H.; Dong, T. Touch Sensor system for detection of urinary tract infection in disposable diapers. In Proceedings on the 36th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC'14), Chicago, IL, USA, 26 August-30 August 2014.
23. Kim, H.-K.; Lee, S.; Yun, K.-S. Capacitive tactile sensor array for touch screen application. Sensors Actuators A Phys. 2011, 165, 2-7.
24. Young, J. A Label-Free DNA Detection Method Utilizing Capacitive Touchscreen. M. S. c Thesis, Korean Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Daedeok Innopolis, Daejeon, Korea, 27 November 2012.
25. Getting Started With CapSense®. Available online: www. cypress. com/?docID=50002 (accessed on 30 July 2014).
26. Kolokowsky, S.; Davis, T. Touchscreens 101: Understanding Touchscreen Technology and Design. Available online: http://www. cypress. com/?docID=17212 (accessed on 28 July 2014).
27. Bai, W.; Zhao, K. S.; Asami, K. Dielectric properties of E. coli cell as simulated by the three-shell spheroidal model. Biophys. Chem. 2006, 122, 136-142.
28. Yoon, G. Dielectric Properties of Body Fluids with Various Hematocrit Levels. World Acad. Sci. Eng. Technol. 2011, 5, 1646-1649.
29. Barbosa, C.; Dong, T. Modelling and design of a capacitive touch sensor for urinary tract infection detection at the point-of-care. In Proceedings on the 36th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC'14), Chicago, IL, USA, 26 August-30 August 2014.
30. Elbuken, C.; Glawdel, T.; Chan, D.; Ren, C. L. Detection of microdroplet size and speed using capacitive sensors. Sensors Actuators A Phys. 2011, 171, 55-62.