For thousands of years, bandages have proved an essential component of any first aid kit. They’ve certainly saved countless lives by staunching bleeding and warding off infection. But these dressings ...

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 ...

Engineers at the University of California, Berkeley, are developing a new type of bandage that does far more than stanch the bleeding from a paper cut or scraped knee. Thanks to advances in flexible ...

Trials of sensor-packed bandages that are capable of monitoring wounds could start happening within the next 12 months. The innovative development is being led by Swansea University’s Institute of ...

PITTSBURGH (KDKA) - We have phones, watches, even cars that are "smart." Now, a group of researchers has come up with a "smart bandage" that could turn wound care on its head. "I actually got to go in ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – An Oregon teen has a better bandage. Seventh-grader Anushka Naiknaware awarded a $15,000 Google scholarship for a bandage that can tell doctors when it needs to be changed.

A new 'smart bandage' has been developed that uses electrical currents to detect early tissue damage from pressure ulcers, or bedsores, before they can be seen by human eyes -- and while recovery is ...

(Nanowerk News) Engineers at the University of California, Berkeley, are developing a new type of bandage that does far more than stanch the bleeding from a paper cut or scraped knee. Thanks to ...