New 'smart' bandage tells doctor how wound is healing
London: Scientists in the UK have designed a new
"intelligent" bandage which can detect how well a wound is healing
and send a progress report to the doctor.
The bandage, which could be trialled within the next 12 months, uses real-time 5G technology to monitor what treatment is needed and also keep track of a patient's activity levels.
The bandage, which could be trialled within the next 12 months, uses real-time 5G technology to monitor what treatment is needed and also keep track of a patient's activity levels.
"The intelligent dressing uses nano-technology to sense the state
of the wound at any one specific time," said Marc Clement, chairman of the
Swansea University's Institute of Life Science in the UK, which led the
research.
"It would connect that wound to a 5G infrastructure and that
infrastructure through your telephone will also know things about you - where
you are, how active you are at any one time," Clement was quoted as saying
by BBC News.
The plaster would help clinicians know the performance of the specific
wound at any specific time, who can then tailor the treatment protocol for the
individual.
3D printers would be used to produce the bandages which would bring
down the cost, researchers said.
20.04.2017
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