New smart bandages create ‘cyber skin’ over wounds

Posted under: Emerging technologies
Date: 2024-07-01
New smart bandages create ‘cyber skin’ over wounds

Caltech researchers have created a new type of smart bandage that can help improve the treatment of chronic wounds using nanotechnology, digital health, and materials science. It can automatically monitor and respond to the changes within the wounds, provide real-time data, and help deliver updated treatments as needed. So far, they have only tested on animal models, and it has provided promising results.

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