Scientists create smart BANDAGE that can heal wounds faster with electrical stimulation and sensors - Daily Mail

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.  .

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

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

'With stimulation and sensing in one device, the smart bandage speeds healing, but it also keeps track as the wound is improving,' Artem Trotsyuk, likewise a co-first author of the study and currently the Chair of the Department of Surgery and Professor of Biomedical Engineering at the University of Arizona in Tucson, explained.