Scientists have developed a novel bandage that could help doctors monitor wound healing without needing to remove the dressing. The new “smart bandage” contains a sensor that measures wound moisture ...

How can doctors make sure a dressed wound is healing without taking off the bandage? This is a conundrum, because removing a bandage can disrupt the healing process. Technology presented in a new ...

European researchers have developed an RFID-enabled smart bandage intended to wirelessly transmit data regarding the healing process of a wound, based on moisture levels, thereby reducing the need to ...

Bandages come in all shapes, sizes, degrees of stickiness, colors, and designs, but they all share a common trait — they aren’t very “smart.” That is changing. Joanne Moody, president of Zeta ...

For some time now, scientists have known that electrical stimulation speeds the healing of chronic wounds such as diabetic skin ulcers. A thin, flexible, inexpensive new bandage delivers that healing ...