Smart flexible wound dressing with wireless drug delivery

Pooria Mostafalu, Suman Amugothu, Ali Tamayol, Sara Bagherifard, Mohsen Akbari, Mehmet R. Dokmeci, Ali Khademhosseini, Sameer Sonkusale

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17 Scopus citations

Abstract

Topical drug delivery is a preferred choice to improve the healing process of the chronic wound. However, one of the challenge in topical drug delivery is to find a feasible method to control the drug release in real-Time. To achieve this goal, we created a localized smart flexible bandage containing thermo-responsive drug loaded microparticles encapsulated inside a hydrogel. A flexible heater is in contact with the hydrogel patch. A series of off-The-shelf electronics components including driver of the heater, microcontroller, a wireless radios are assembled in a compact package, and used to control the heater and drug release wirelessly. Paper presents the design and experimental results.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publicationIEEE Biomedical Circuits and Systems Conference
Subtitle of host publicationEngineering for Healthy Minds and Able Bodies, BioCAS 2015 - Proceedings
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
ISBN (Electronic)9781479972333
DOIs
StatePublished - Dec 4 2015
Externally publishedYes
Event11th IEEE Biomedical Circuits and Systems Conference, BioCAS 2015 - Atlanta, United States
Duration: Oct 22 2015Oct 24 2015

Publication series

NameIEEE Biomedical Circuits and Systems Conference: Engineering for Healthy Minds and Able Bodies, BioCAS 2015 - Proceedings

Other

Other11th IEEE Biomedical Circuits and Systems Conference, BioCAS 2015
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityAtlanta
Period10/22/1510/24/15

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Biotechnology
  • Instrumentation
  • Biomedical Engineering
  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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