Transdermal Sensors (WrisTAS™)

For Verifying Alchohol Compliance

Alcohol abuse continues to be a serious problem for health and public safety. Approximately 14,000 lives are lost annually in alcohol-involved vehicle crashes.

Giner, Inc. has developed a transdermal alcohol sensor for measuring human alcohol consumption. The advanced wrist-worn prototype has been tested at several clinical sites in controlled clinical studies and field studies on over 250 research subjects. These WrisTAS™ (Wrist Transdermal Alcohol Sensor) prototypes are available for research studies where it is important to objectively track patterns of drinking.

The ethanol sensor module and the sensing element are also available for license and sale for the inclusion in customer-designed products for law enforcement, transportation, safety and security, and medical applications. New technology is under development for rapid sampling from the skin, without wearing the sensor.

We have also developed a prototype neonatal carbon dioxide (CO₂) transdermal sensor for use with newborn babies.

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