Smart Bandages: The Future of Wound Care

Hossein Derakhshandeh; Sara Saheb Kashaf; Fariba Aghabaglou; Ian O. Ghanavati; Ali Tamayol

doi:10.1016/j.tibtech.2018.07.007

Smart Bandages: The Future of Wound Care

Hossein Derakhshandeh, Sara Saheb Kashaf, Fariba Aghabaglou, Ian O. Ghanavati, Ali Tamayol

Mechanical & Materials Engineering

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Abstract

Chronic non-healing wounds are major healthcare challenges that affect a noticeable number of people; they exert a severe financial burden and are the leading cause of limb amputation. Although chronic wounds are locked in a persisting inflamed state, they are dynamic and proper therapy requires identifying abnormalities, administering proper drugs and growth factors, and modulating the conditions of the environment. In this review article, we discuss technologies that have been developed to actively monitor the wound environment. We also highlight drug delivery tools that have been integrated with bandages to facilitate precise temporal and spatial control over drug release and review automated or semi-automated systems that can respond to the wound environment.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	1259-1274
Number of pages	16
Journal	Trends in Biotechnology
Volume	36
Issue number	12
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tibtech.2018.07.007
State	Published - Dec 2018

Keywords

drug delivery
flexible electronics
integrated systems
smart bandages
wound care

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Biotechnology
Bioengineering

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