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Battery-Powered Bandage Could Help Heal Wounds Faster
New battery-powered electric bandages could help wounds heal more quickly; a new study reports.
Battery-Powered Bandages
In animal testing, wounds treated with electrical bandages healed 30 percent faster than wounds treated with conventional bandages.
The bandages could significantly help in treating slow-healing wounds caused by diabetes and other chronic illnesses, researchers say. Those sorts of wounds significantly increase a person’s risk of amputation and death.
These electric bandages have electrodes on one side and a small water-powered battery on the other, researchers said.
The dressing is applied so the electrodes contact the wound, and the battery is operated with a drop of water. The bandage then produces an electric field for several hours. Electrical fields are critical as they accelerate healing in chronic wounds.
The electrodes are flexible, so they can maintain contact with deep and irregularly shaped wounds, researchers said.
The research was reported in the journal “Science Advances.”
Wound Healing
Wound healing is affected by several factors. Preexisting conditions may delay, alter or inhibit normal wound healing. This is most frequently seen with chronic disorders, such as diabetes and renal failure.
The wound healing process is very complex. Some factors that affect wound healing are:
- Diabetes
- Malnutrition
- Obesity
- Stress
- Tobacco abuse
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This entry was posted on August 21st, 2024 at 02:08:00 pm by BlogMe@iaatpa.net (IAA) and is filed under Bandage.