Aginaga Etxamendi, Concepción Isabel

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Concepción Isabel

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Ingeniería Eléctrica, Electrónica y de Comunicación

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  • PublicationOpen Access
    Polymer-functionalized fiber-optic optrode towards the monitoring of breathing parameters
    (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2023) Álvarez-Jiménez, A.; Acha Morrás, Nerea de; Aginaga Etxamendi, Concepción Isabel; Urrutia Azcona, Aitor; Socorro Leránoz, Abián Bentor; Matías Maestro, Ignacio; Ingeniería Eléctrica, Electrónica y de Comunicación; Ingeniaritza Elektrikoa, Elektronikoa eta Telekomunikazio Ingeniaritza; Institute of Smart Cities - ISC
    An innovative application of lossy mode resonances (LMRs) is presented in this work, pursuing the detection of biomedical variables. In this case, the detection of pH and breathing signal events is shown by means of a reflective fiber-optic optrode consisting of a poly(allylamine chloride) / poly (acrylic acid) polymer matrix deposited on the tip of a 200-micron-core bare multimode optical fiber. The proposed sensor is capable of detecting pH values between 6.5 and 8.0 (saliva pH range) with quite stability and repeatability. Moreover, when monitoring the breathing signal, the proposed sensor presents quite good real time detection of the different events occurring during the inspiration-expiration cycle, different breathing rates and detecting apneas.
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    AC/DC millivoltage sensor by means of ITO-coated optical fibers: towards monitoring of biosignals
    (IEEE, 2019) Aginaga Etxamendi, Concepción Isabel; Socorro Leránoz, Abián Bentor; Fuentes Lorenzo, Omar; Del Villar, Ignacio; Corres Sanz, Jesús María; Matías Maestro, Ignacio; Ingeniaritza Elektrikoa, Elektronikoaren eta Telekomunikazio Ingeniaritzaren; Institute of Smart Cities - ISC; Ingeniería Eléctrica, Electrónica y de Comunicación; Gobierno de Navarra / Nafarroako Gobernua
    This contribution shows the monitoring of AC and DC millivoltage signals by means of lossy mode resonances generated by Indium Tin Oxide (ITO) on optical fibers. Sensors were obtained by sputtering ITO thin-films onto 25 mm-length segments of 200 μm bare optical fibers. Depositing a 1 μm thin-film of ITO leads to obtain reduced thin-film resistances of near 340 ohms. This allows the detection of voltage signals by monitoring the wavelength shift of the resonances. Sensitivities up to 40 nm/V can be achieved when tracking sinusoidal signals of a few cents of mV peak-to-peak. This opens the path for further research pursuing the detection of biomedical signals.