From honey poultices to superglued cuts, explore some of the weirdest wound care hacks ever attempted – and why knowing the ...

The dressing uses an electric field to promote ... Chronic wounds are defined as open wounds that heal slowly, if they ever heal at all. For example, sores that occur in some patients with ...

The iCares bandage uses innovative microfluidic components, sensors, and machine learning to sample and analyze wounds and provide data to help patients and caregivers make treatment decisions.

UB researchers have created new medical imaging technology that uses radar and artificial intelligence to see through dressings to monitor wounds and other skin conditions. The system has the ...

Caltech professor of medical engineering Wei Gao and his colleagues are envisioning a smart bandage of the future—a "lab on skin" that could not only help patients and caregivers monitor the status of ...

In 2023, Gao's team cleared the first hurdle toward achieving that goal by showing that a smart bandage they developed could provide real-time data about chronic wounds in animal models, while ...

The iCares bandage uses innovative microfluidic components, sensors, and machine learning to sample and analyze wounds and provide data to help patients and caregivers make treatment decisions.

In 2023, Gao's team cleared the first hurdle toward achieving that goal by showing that a smart bandage they developed could provide real-time data about chronic wounds in animal models ...