Smart Bandage Detects Pressure Wounds Before They Form

Mar-21-15 A new smart bandage able to detect the early stages of bedsores could also help clinicians prevent the dangerous wounds before they even form.

Created by a team at UC Berkeley, the smart bandage detects the developing sores using impedance spectroscopy, which monitors the electrical changes in tissue as it becomes unhealthy. The bandage itself features a network of gold electrodes printed onto a thin film. Once the bandage is applied to the skin, small current is sent through it, allowing the team to create a spatial map of the tissue by monitoring the electrical flow at different frequencies. Since a dying or unhealthy cell lets the electricity pass through, the team was able to determine the status of the cells by studying the flow of the current.

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