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Demonstrating the Analytical Potential of a Wearable Microneedle-Based Device for Intradermal CO2 Detection
KTH, School of Engineering Sciences in Chemistry, Biotechnology and Health (CBH), Chemistry, Applied Physical Chemistry. UCAM-SENS, Universidad Católica San Antonio de Murcia, UCAM HiTech, Avda. Andres Hernandez Ros 1, 30107 Murcia, Spain.
KTH, School of Engineering Sciences in Chemistry, Biotechnology and Health (CBH), Chemistry, Applied Physical Chemistry.ORCID iD: 0000-0002-6128-5340
KTH, School of Engineering Sciences in Chemistry, Biotechnology and Health (CBH), Chemistry, Applied Physical Chemistry. UCAM-SENS, Universidad Católica San Antonio de Murcia, UCAM HiTech, Avda. Andres Hernandez Ros 1, 30107 Murcia, Spain.ORCID iD: 0000-0002-4648-1861
Section of Neuropharmacology and Addiction Research, Department of Pharmaceutical Biosciences, Uppsala University, Uppsala 753 10, Sweden.
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2024 (English)In: ACS Sensors, E-ISSN 2379-3694, Vol. 9, no 1, p. 361-370Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

Monitoring of carbon dioxide (CO2) body levels is crucial under several clinical conditions (e.g., human intensive care and acid–base disorders). To date, painful and risky arterial blood punctures have been performed to obtain discrete CO2 measurements needed in clinical setups. Although noninvasive alternatives have been proposed to assess CO2, these are currently limited to benchtop devices, requiring trained personnel, being tedious, and providing punctual information, among other disadvantages. To the best of our knowledge, the literature and market lack a wearable device for real-time, on-body monitoring of CO2. Accordingly, we have developed a microneedle (MN)-based sensor array, labeled as CO2–MN, comprising a combination of potentiometric pH- and carbonate (CO32–)-selective electrodes together with the reference electrode. The CO2–MN is built on an epidermal patch that allows it to reach the stratum corneum of the skin, measuring pH and CO32– concentrations directly into the interstitial fluid (ISF). The levels for the pH–CO32– tandem are then used to estimate the PCO2 in the ISF. Assessing the response of each individual MN, we found adequate response time (t95 < 5s), sensitivity (50.4 and −24.6 mV dec–1 for pH and CO32–, respectively), and stability (1.6 mV h–1 for pH and 2.1 mV h–1 for CO32–). We validated the intradermal measurements of CO2 at the ex vivo level, using pieces of rat skin, and then, with in vivo assays in anesthetized rats, showing the suitability of the CO2–MN wearable device for on-body measurements. A good correlation between ISF and blood CO2 concentrations was observed, demonstrating the high potential of the developed MN sensing technology as an alternative to blood-based analysis in the near future. Moreover, these results open new horizons in the noninvasive, real-time monitoring of CO2 as well as other clinically relevant gases. 

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American Chemical Society (ACS) , 2024. Vol. 9, no 1, p. 361-370
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blood correlation, CO2 sensing, in vivo measurements, interstitial fluid, ion-selective microneedles, wearable sensor
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Analytical Chemistry
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URN: urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-367150DOI: 10.1021/acssensors.3c02086ISI: 001152678300001PubMedID: 38175931Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85182013919OAI: oai:DiVA.org:kth-367150DiVA, id: diva2:1984224
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