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Evaluation of the Wear Duration of Acrylic Wearable Device Adhesives
Wearable devices are becoming more prevalent in the consumer environment with devices that monitor activity related information, such as heart rate and caloric burn. At the same time, technical capabilities have allowed the use of wearable devices to make inroads into healthcare, with devices for monitoring (glucose blood levels) and dispensing (insulin, drugs, electrolytes) coming to market. These devices are expected
to become more prevalent as they lessen the patient time in medical facilities and lower healthcare costs. Although devices have been available that are attached via straps or modified clothing, the need for the devices to have stable direct skin contact and to be unobtrusive has increased the need for devices that require an adhesive for securement to the skin.
Through Scapa Healthcare’s work on wearable devices we have seen the need to develop more knowledge of the wear durations of possible adhesive/substrate combinations. This work is performed on simple adhesive/substrate combinations without the backing of a wearable device and thus presents a worst
case scenario as far as material peeling off of the skin over time.
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