Table 3.

Summary of application.

Sl. No	Application	Summary of results
1	Dental	❖ Prediction of dental carries using optical sensor ❖ Incorporation of FBF sensor for dental carries ❖ Strain pattern evaluates for different parts of dental region ❖ Evaluation of dental filler material with FBG ❖ Evaluation of biting force with FBG sensor
2	Intervertebral disc	❖ Load distribution over intertribal disc during tensile and compressive stress has been monitored. ❖ Incorporation of FBG sensor spinal cord in different sitting position
3	Lumbar motion	❖ Load distribution over lumbar disc during tensile and compressive stress has been monitored. ❖ Incorporation of FBG sensor in lumbar position
4	Joint angle, gait analysis, insole pressure	❖ Integration of FBG sensor in insole for foot pressure monitoring in diabetic and arthritis patients. ❖ Embedding the sensors in insole and checking pressure distribution for different types of foot and in different experimental conditions such as walking, standing, climbing, age, and sex and in different patients.
5	Communication assistance	❖ Development of communication assistance based on eye blinking integrated with FBG sensor signals
6	Pulse wave and respiratory, body pressure	❖ Different pressure points of the body are monitored with FBG sensor ❖ Respiratory pressure is monitored with FBG sensor using wrapping the FBG sensor based belt around chest
7	Intraocular	❖ Optical fibre based sensor has been used to detect the glaucoma in patients
8	Urodynamic measurement	❖ Optical fibre has been incorporated with catheter to
9	Microfluidic system	❖ FBG sensor has been integrated with different microfluidic channel for biosensing applications
10	Handgrip	❖ FBG sensor for integrated with gloves, designed handgrip models,