Learn about the groundbreaking $1 bandage that generates its own electrical field to accelerate healing of chronic wounds.

Scientists have developed a “smart” bandage that can heal a serious wound 25% faster than the average bandage. The research, which was published in Nature Biotechnology revealed that these ...

Now, that answer may be closer than ever, as Stanford scientists have created a smart bandage. The smart bandage combines biosensors and wireless electrical stimulation to help patients with slow ...

The dressing uses an electric field to promote healing in chronic wounds Best of all, researchers say that the bandage is ...

Researchers have developed nanoflower-coated bandages with antibiotic and anti-inflammatory properties, capable of killing ...

Scientists from Penn State and Hebei University of Technology have created an advanced self-powered sensor that could change how doctors monitor wounds. This new flexible sensor can accurately measure ...

The Smart Materials research group, coordinated by Athanassia Athanassiou at the Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia (Italian Institute of Technology), has developed a biocompatible bandage made of ...

The analytics of AI & connectivity of IoT create an opportunity as well as a challenge for the next generation of patient ...

A smart bandage placed on an arm. Temperature and pH sensors in the bandage (right) are read by a microprocessor (left), which may trigger release of drug from the bandage by sending a current ...

"Furthermore, our approach to integrating multiple sensors with intelligent data processing could serve as a model for developing other types of smart bandages and wearable medical monitors." Several ...

According to its creators, the bandage prototype uses two polyphenol-based materials–copper phosphate and tannic acid. These reagents possess well-documented anti-inflammatory and antibiotic ...