Open areas of skin, such as scrapes and oozing pimples, heal best in moist, sealed environments. Hydrocolloid bandages, patches, and dressings can be used for this purpose. Unlike standard bandages, ...

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 new type of water-powered bandage could make it much easier for slow-healing wounds to close up. The bandage is technically "electric," but it is powered by adding water to the thin and flexible ...

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 ...

A smart bandage could speed up wound healing by actively tracking and responding to the healing process. The proof-of-concept device, called a-Heal, was designed to fit inside a commercial colostomy ...

Chronic wounds affect millions of people worldwide. These are cuts, burns, scrapes, or surgical wounds that don’t heal within a normal time. When left untreated or improperly managed, they can cause ...

The familiar peel-and-stick bandages seen on skinned knees worldwide may soon be a thing of the past. Scientists have now developed a bandage that can heal wounds faster and easier by using an array ...

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 ...

Founded in 2009, Tides has evolved from a distributor of birth-tissue products into a biotechnology platform focused on ...

AI-generated summary reviewed by our newsroom. Read our AI Policy. Currents of electricity flowing through the body are often associated with bad things like electrocution. However, that power can be ...