This invention discloses a
mass spectrometry patch for
wound infection detection and its application, relating to the field of biomedical device technology. The
mass spectrometry patch consists of a
contact layer, a collection layer, and a protective layer from bottom to top. The
contact layer is a
polycarbonate mesh film, the collection layer is a
polyvinylidene fluoride nanofiber membrane with high-density gold nanoparticles grown in situ on its surface, and the protective layer is a
polyurethane film. This invention provides a wearable
mass spectrometry patch integrating sampling and detection, achieving non-invasive sampling and direct
mass spectrometry analysis. A single detection using
laser desorption /
ionization mass spectrometry can obtain a global metabolic
fingerprint containing hundreds of metabolites, which simultaneously contains
pathogen species-specific signals and host metabolic biomarker signals. By training an AI model to analyze the complex
fingerprint, rapid
pathogen identification and
dynamic monitoring of host responses (such as
lactic acid and glucose) can be completed simultaneously within 5 minutes, achieving decoupling of
pathogen information from changes in host biomarkers.