Electronic skin – the next generation of wearables
Electronic skins will play a significant role in monitoring, personalized medicine, prosthetics, and robotics.
Search for: chronic wounds
Smart bandage shows promise for wound management
Wearable sensor detects multiple chronic wound biomarkers to facilitate timely and personalised wound care.
Smart bandages designed to tailor treatment for chronic wounds
A team of engineers has developed a prototype bandage designed to actively monitor the condition of chronic wounds.
New antibacterial material prevents infections
Researchers have developed a novel antibacterial material that can fulfill a wide range of applications as a dressing for wounds, by preventing infection and thus facilitating treatment and healing.
Microneedles deliver antibiotics to infected wounds
The microneedles pierce the biofilm layer of a wound and deliver the medicine to oxygenate the tissue.
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Smart plaster for healing chronic wounds
Researchers have developed gel patches from a 3D printer that can be activated individually.
Using muscle power for healing
Bioengineers have developed biocompatible generators that create electrical pulses when compressed by body motions.
Smart wound dressings with healing sensors
Researchers have developed smart wound dressings with built-in nanosensors that glow to alert patients when a wound is not healing properly.
Sustainable solution for wearable patches
Covestro has developed a concept for wearable smart patches in cooperation with its partner accensors.
A 'smart' sensor bandage for chronic wounds
Researchers are developing an oxygen-sensing patch printed on a flexible, disposable bandage that could enable remote monitoring for the early detection of illnesses.
Nanosensors could prevent infection
By embedding nanosensors in the fibers of a bandage, researchers have created a continuous, noninvasive way to detect and monitor an infection in a wound.
A wearable for treating antibiotic-resistant infections
Researchers have developed a wearable solution that allows a patient to receive treatment of antibiotic-resistant infections and woundswithout leaving home.
Supercharged bandages to revolutionise chronic wound treatment
Plasma-coated bandages could revolutionise the treatment of chronic wounds such as pressure, diabetic or vascular ulcers that won't heal on their own.
'Smart' bandages - a revolution in healing
On the 100th anniversary of the Band-Aid, Tufts engineer Sameer Sonkusale is working to make “smart” bandages.
High-tech clothing: Wearable health
Thanks to a variety of smart technologies, high-tech clothing today is capable of analyzing body functions or actively optimizing the microclimate.
'Smart' bandages heal chronic wounds
Researchers have developed an electronic bandage that can deliver multiple drugs deep into a wound and only when programmed to do so.
Terahertz radiation: Espionage for wound healing
Researchers refined application of terahertz radiation to promote the analysis of multi-layered tissues for medical purposes and be used for wound treatment.
Smart bandage speeds up healing
The active adhesive dressings speed up wound healing based on heat-responsive hydrogels that are mechanically active and antimicrobial.
Mobile bedside bioprinter heals wounds
Scientists have created a mobile skin bioprinting system that allows bi-layered skin to be printed directly into a wound.