Smart Sock and Resistivity Measurement in Textile Materials

The design and development of wearable biosensor systems for health monitoring has attracted much attention in the scientific community and industry in recent years. This article presents a preliminary study on the design of a smart sock for diabetic patients. This smart sock will allow monitoring of the diabetic patient's health status and temperature levels using foot temperature sensors. The detected vital signs will be transmitted to a dedicated transmitter/receiver pair, such as a PC, PDA, or cell phone. It would allow patients to have real-time information on their health status, including foot temperature levels and therefore management of their diet and/or medication As the market demand for medical information increases, this smart sock will provide an important part of the answer for patients. With the realization of this smart sock, we have seen the need to measure the electrical resistance in the textile materials, as these are the elements that will be in contact with the feet of diabetic patients.