Electronic wound dressing releases drugs to help injuries heal

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Technology

A stretchable sticking plaster detects whether an wounded is healing good and uses stimulating electrodes and microinjections of drugs to velocity up the process

By Chris Stokel-Walker

A stretchy bandage that tin show wounds, merchandise drugs arsenic needed and execute electrical stimulation has been shown to accelerate healing successful rodents.

Wei Gao astatine the California Institute of Technology and his colleagues person developed the astute sticking plaster from a flexible printed circuit board. The dressing, which is conscionable a fewer centimetres long, contains electrochemical sensors that analyse a scope of biomarkers, including somesthesia …

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