title: Fabric opto-electronics enabling healthcare applications; a case study.
abstract: Textiles are a ubiquitous part of human life. By combining them with electronics to create electronic textile systems, new application fields emerge. In this paper, technology and applications of light-emitting textile systems are presented, with emphasis on the healthcare domain: A fabric substrate is described for electronic textile with robust interwoven connections between the conductive yarns in it. This fabric enables the creation of different forms of comfortable light therapy systems. Specific challenges to enable this use in medical applications are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Philips Research, High Tech Campus 34, 5656 AE Eindhoven, The Netherlands. Liesbeth.van.pieterson@philips.com
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: van Pieterson
authors.forename: F A
authors.initials: FA
authors.lastname: van Abeelen
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: van Os
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Hornix
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Zhou
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Oversluizen
mesh_terms: D003020:Clothing; D003695:Delivery of Health Care / Q000379:methods*; D004553:Electric Conductivity; D011211:Electric Power Supplies; D004581:Electronics / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D008027:Light; D055095:Optics and Photonics / Q000379:methods*; D013784:Textiles