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Mouthguard biosensor with telemetry system for
monitoring saliva glucose
Kohji Mitsubayashi at Department of Biomedical De-
vices and Instrumentation, Institute of Biomaterials and
Bioengineering,Tokyo Medical and Dental University, and
co-workers have developed a detachable “Cavitas sensor”
to apply to the human oral cavity for non-invasive monitor-
ing of saliva glucose. In artificial saliva composed of salts and
proteins, the glucose sensor is capable of highly sensitive
detection over a range of 5–1000 µmol/L of glucose, which
encompasses the range of glucose concentrations found in
human saliva. It is suggested the sensor will be useful for management of dental pa-
tients. The an update of this work will be reportetd at Biosensors 2016 in Gothenberg.
Reported in 84(2016)106–111
Review of Cavitas Sensors: Contact LensType Sensors &
Mouthguard Sensors
Kohji Mitsubayashi and Takahiro Arakawa