Thursday 24 November 2022 04:08 PM Scientists create smart BANDAGE that can heal wounds faster with electrical ... trends now
Scientists have created a smart 'band-aid' that uses electrical currents to heal wounds 25 percent faster than traditional methods by stimulating tissue to speed up recovery.
The smart bandage is composed of wireless circuitry that uses the flow of electrical currents and temperature sensors to monitor the progression of wound healing.
The high-tech device promotes faster closure of wounds, increases new blood flow to injured tissue and enhances skin recovery by significantly reducing scar formation, according to researchers.
The wireless, high-tech bandage is the work of Stanford University researchers and was featured in a paper published November 24 in Nature Biotechnology.
Scientists developed a smart bandage that can help to speed up wound healing by monitoring the injury and treating it at the same time
The smart bandage is composed of wireless circuitry (above) that uses the flow of electrical currents and temperature sensors to monitor the progression of wound healing
When a person's wound is not yet healed or the bandage detects an infection - the sensors can apply more electrical stimulation across the wound area to help speed up tissue recovery and lower infection.
The smart bandage’s biosensors can track biophysical changes in the local environment and provide a real-time, fast and highly accurate way to measure wound condition.
Researchers were able to track the sensor data in real time on a smartphone without the need for wires.
'In mice, we demonstrate that our wound care system can continuously monitor skin impedance and temperature and deliver electrical stimulation in response to the wound environment,' the researchers' study abstract states.
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