Furthermore, "eyeballing" a wound cannot determine depth, an important consideration since some chronic wounds extend to the bone. Traditionally, a wound care specialist manually delineates the wound ...

Biomedical engineers at Duke University have developed a method to identify and characterize the empty spaces between particles in any packed structure. By mapping out these empty spaces, researchers ...

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 ...

Wound assessment by medical professionals relies largely on visual inspection, which can be challenging due to its subjective nature. Nitric oxide (NO) plays an important role in healing, as it is ...

This new 'smart bandage' contains a sensor that can very sensitively measure wound moisture levels and then transmit the data to a nearby smartphone, without requiring doctors to remove the bandage.

This morning Healthy.io, the company best-known for its smartphone-based urinalysis system, announced its plans to launch a new product for wound management and tracking. The new tool, which was ...

Sierra Madre, California-based Wound Care Advantage, a manager of outpatient wound treatment centers, has partnered with Baltimore-based Tissue Analytics to use the digital health startup's technology ...

Redsense Medical announces that the company has started the development of a prototype with fully functional optical measuring based on the innovative, smart wound technology that was presented in ...

The occurrence of bacterial infection occurring with certain kinds of wounds can be minimized by using wound dressings containing silver. The effectiveness of such dressings depends on the physical ...