The presence of bandages made from gauze or cotton wool for the treatment of wounds is considered a standard supply for every home, hospital and first aid kit. Wound healing. Image Credit: Tong ...

Caltech researchers, working in collaboration with the USC Keck School of Medicine, have created a new type of smart bandage that can help improve the treatment of chronic wounds. The advanced ...

Chronic wounds affect millions of Americans annually. These wounds include painful ulcers on the foot, leg and beyond. People with diabetes, who have enough on their plate, often suffer from these ...

Waiting on a wound to heal can not only take a while, but it can also leave you with long-lasting scar tissue as a reminder of the wound. While we have seen tech in the past that looks to minimize ...

RALEIGH, N.C. — A drop of water might be all it takes to revolutionize wound healing. Researchers have developed a $1 bandage that, when activated with water, generates its own electrical field to ...

Chronic wounds such as diabetic skin ulcers can be very slow to heal, potentially leading to amputations or sometimes even death. A new bandage could speed their healing by delivering electrical ...

Soon, we may have a "smart bandage" that not only tracks the progress of healing but also administers antibiotics directly to the wound and stimulates new tissue development with electrical signals.

A team of NC State scientists developed a new small adhesive bandage that is activated by water. The electric bandage, held by postdoctoral researcher Rajaram Kaveti, recently received funding from ...