Potential and Challenges of Inkjet-Printing for Wearable Medical Devices [in press]

With the use of printing technologies, a veriety of materials can be structured onto the surface of potentially any substrate; thus opening up a great potential for versatile applications. Due to the additive manufacturing technique, the material consumption of printed systems is reduced in comparison to conventional manufacturing techniques. The advances in the development of functional inks allow not only for printing of electrical wiring, but also passive and active electronic devices. By using thin polymer substrates, surface-conformable and inexpensive electronic systems can be realised. With digital printing technologies like inkjet-printing and mounting of discrete components.