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Design meets function with wearable healthcare patches
Putting patient comfort first: Platilon® and Baymedix® materials help to advance comfort and skin sensitivity in electronic skin patches, resulting in increased wearing comfort and ultimately enabling a more patient-centric approach.
Story · May 31, 2020
“Covestro offers material solutions for improved design compared to current products on the market. The range we offer is a response to the growing customer demand for materials with increased wearing comfort.”
Marco Ahlswede
Application Development Manager, Specialty Films
Especially in the smart wearable sector, it is essential to move away from a product that has a classic medical technology look to a product that consumers like to wear.
Simon Gorski
CEO & Founder Entwurfreich
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Complete solution for modern wearable patches
We collaborated with the Holst Centre by providing materials to create a prototype of an electronic skin patch. The prototype is made with special breathable thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU) films from the Platilon® range making it not only lightweight but flexible, too.
The electronics are printed on a breathable TPU-film from the Platilon® range and embedded in thermoformable polyurethane foam covered with a second film layer for improved wearing comfort. The patch is then fixed with a special skin-compatible polyurethane adhesive, which adheres firmly to the skin but allows painless removal of the patch. The adhesive system and the thermoformable foam are based on Baymedix® polyurethane raw materials. Our materials thus offer a key contribution to modern and high-performance wearable patches.
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