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 ...

A smart liquid bandage glows to reveal the amount of oxygen the wound underneath is getting, and that could help doctors help us heal. Freelancer Michael Franco writes about the serious and silly ...

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 ...

European researchers have developed an RFID-enabled smart bandage intended to wirelessly transmit data regarding the healing process of a wound, based on moisture levels, thereby reducing the need to ...

Imagine a bandage that can tell whether a wound is healing properly, adjust itself to fight infection and electronically stimulate the body to speed up healing. It could also communicate with medical ...

Bandaged wounds need to be checked for infection, yet removing the bandage to check the wound can delay its healing. Australian scientists may have a fix for this paradox, in the form of a dressing ...

Bandages come in all shapes, sizes, degrees of stickiness, colors, and designs, but they all share a common trait — they aren’t very “smart.” That is changing. Joanne Moody, president of Zeta ...

For some time now, scientists have known that electrical stimulation speeds the healing of chronic wounds such as diabetic skin ulcers. A thin, flexible, inexpensive new bandage delivers that healing ...

It used to be so simple. You were a kid. You fell down, and skinned your knee. You cried. Mom came to the rescue, washed off your wound and applied hydrogen peroxide or mercurochrome. You cried again.