Nocturnal sweat rate sensor
Q-strip is an IoT device that quantitatively measures sweating during sleep.
The Q-strip is a ribbon that quantitatively measures humidity. The ribbon includes two electrodes that measure the resistance between the electrodes. The values are transferred to a moisture sensor that is connected to a Printed Circuit Board. The PCB forwards the data sequentially to a database.
Sweating is known as a symptom of many diseases. Our mission is to develop an easy to use device for measuring and analyzing nocturnal sweating for medical purposes.
IoT Device with LoRaWAN, Bluetooth connection or SD-card
Ribbon with electrodes
Holder with temperature measurement
Bed sheet
Q-Strip, with or without holder
Connection with an IoT device
with a bit nanotechnology
The Q-strip ribbon includes two electrodes that measure the resistance between the electrodes and transfer it to a moisture sensor connected to a Printed circuit board (PCB).
We are using the LoRaWAN protocol to connect with The Things Network and capture the data from our sensors. TTN provides a set of open tools and a network to build IoT applications.
At the moment we are cooperating with scientists to validate the Q-strip as a new digital biomarker.
We have been developing the Q-strip for more than three years. We are testing and optimising the Q-strip for measuring sweat values at night. We see both daily and multi-day patterns in the data that we cannot explain.
We believe in the potential of the Q-strip for a variety of purposes. We dream that Q-strip will become an instrument that can be used for medical purposes.