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Title: GluCAT: A Feline Biofluids IoT Hub for Electrochemical Glucose Biosensing
Feline urine provides valuable insights into an animal's well-being. However, professional veterinary urine analysis can be invasive, costly, and infrequent. Electrochemical biosensors, widely used in medical diagnosis, environmental monitoring, food quality control, and drug discovery, offer a promising solution for sensing analytes in feline urine. This paper introduces the "Feline Biofluids IoT Hub" concept that aims at making previously inaccessible biological data in pets' fluids visible and integrates biofluid sensing with an Internet of Things (IoT) system to enhace comprehensive animal health monitoring. To implement that concept, our project GluCAT includes a biosensing litter box and an activity sensing mat to facilitate the care of diabetic cats. Chronoamperometic data is capture from the electrochemical biosensor using a potentiostat and send to a database via Wi-Fi, providing data visualization through a mobile application. We present electrochemical biosensor tests across five glucose levels. We compare results from feline urine samples with laboratory-grade tests. Furthermore, we share insights from a real-world user study involving a cat interacting with GluCAT for over 50 hours. We envision our project enabling the monitoring of various illnesses by detecting analytes like pH, sodium, and glucose in feline urine using electrochemical biosensors, complemented by data from pet-oriented IoT devices measuring water intake, activity, weight, and food consumption.  more » « less
Award ID(s):
2146461
PAR ID:
10529804
Author(s) / Creator(s):
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Publisher / Repository:
ACM
Date Published:
ISBN:
9798400704024
Page Range / eLocation ID:
1 to 7
Subject(s) / Keyword(s):
animal computer interaction ACI electrochemical biosensors feline health devices ubicomp
Format(s):
Medium: X
Location:
Cork Ireland
Sponsoring Org:
National Science Foundation
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