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Sensors such as electrocardiogram (EEG) electrodes can help save a person’s life, but the adhesive patches used to attach them may also harm that person’s skin. An experimental new medical patch addresses that issue by utilizing octopus-inspired sucker… Continue reading Octopus-inspired patches provide irritation-free adhesion to skin
Mussels and silkworms may soon be indirectly responsible for saving people’s lives. Scientists have used proteins from both animals to develop an internal wound dressing that stops bleeding and prevents infections.Continue ReadingCategory: Medical, Sci… Continue reading Mussels and silkworms ally to thwart internal bleeding and infection
Using a cold plasma jet to activate hydrogel, researchers have created a dressing with antibacterial and wound-healing properties. The technology could be used as an alternative to current treatments that rely on antibiotics to treat chronic wounds, su… Continue reading Stubborn wounds meet their match in cold plasma jet-charged dressing
While infected wounds definitely aren’t a good thing, neither is the proliferation of antibiotic-resistant bacteria which may occur due to overuse of the drugs. That’s where a new type of cotton bandage comes in, as it kills microbes without resorting … Continue reading Augmented-cotton bandage kills bacteria without using antibiotics
Ordinarily, when treating chronic wounds, caregivers go to great lengths to keep them free of bacteria. An experimental new dressing, however, actually introduces bacteria to help such wounds heal.Continue ReadingCategory: Medical, ScienceTags: Empa, M… Continue reading Bacteria-filled “living dressing” could help heal chronic wounds
It’s a sad fact that burn victims often feel a great deal of pain when the dressings on their wounds are removed. A new hydrogel-based dressing could change that, however, as it easily releases from the skin when cooled.Continue ReadingCategory: Medica… Continue reading Temperature-sensitive dressing could revolutionize burn treatment
It’s ironic that in order to check if a wound is becoming infected, doctors may end up setting back the healing process by prematurely removing the dressing. An experimental new dressing is designed to help, as it changes color if an infection is occur… Continue reading Smart dressing changes color if wounds are infected
The days of ripping off a Band-Aid could soon be in the past, with scientists creating a new affordable, flexible electronic covering that not only speeds and wirelessly monitors healing but performs a disappearing act by being harmlessly absorbed into… Continue reading Electronic bandage speeds wound healing and dissolves into body after use
Skin-applied microneedle patches are already used to painlessly deliver medication and detect chemicals in a patient’s bloodstream. An experimental new one, however, reportedly stops wounds from bleeding much more effectively than traditional bandages…. Continue reading Microneedle patch shown to stop bleeding faster than regular dressings
Chronic diabetic skin wounds are notoriously slow to heal, sometimes becoming so infected that amputations are required. A newly identified polymer could help keep that from happening, by radically boosting the healing process.Continue ReadingCategory:… Continue reading Newly identified polymer greatly boosts the healing of diabetic wounds