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CASI uses apocrine sweat, which would have otherwise be seen as a futile component, and turns it into something productive and beneficial. It is a multi-layered patch that consists of a layer of water that would be in direct contact with the skin. Sweat will be secreted into this layer of water - both eccrine and apocrine. The salt ions (sodium and potassium), from eccrine sweat will pass through a semipermeable membrane into another layer, consisting of pure water. The lipids and proteins from apocrine sweat, being macromolecules, remain in the first water layer. This makes CASI a unique and an unprecedented product. The usage of stress sweat explores a mechanism which, along with giving us reliable data for analysis, also gives us more information such as figures regarding our metabolism or our average levels of stress. The product is comparatively very cheap and has increased accessibility to the population. The idea of reusing the detector and connecting it to our personal devices is one which can benefit the users in both cost sensitivity, while allowing them to dispose of only the part which would have no use after a day, ensuring proper hygiene standards as well. Further, this recyclability allows for greater levels of efficiency of the product and it’s general life cycle. Furthermore, the product is developed with the current global mindset of conserving and preserving the environment. All of the materials used in making the reusable patch induce no harm to the environment in any way as they are either biodegradable or add minimal pollution in the first case. [https://www.researchgate.net/publication/355034102_Micro-Fluidic_Epidermal_Patch_for_Early_Detection_of_Cardiac_Arrest_Using_Apocrine_Sweat_Density_as_Stress_Indicator].
