This smart bandage allows wounds to be monitored remotely
Courtesy: Yuji Gao - National University of Singapore
It contains sensors which detect temperature, bacteria and inflammation
The data is sent to an app which doctors can then analyze
Name: Chwee Teck Lim, Professor, National University of Singapore
"So traditionally when someone has a wound or ulcer, if it's infected, the only way to examine it is through looking at the wound itself, through visual inspection. If the clinician wants to have further information then they will obtain the wound fluid and send to a lab for further testing. That will take a number of hours or even a few days. So what we're trying to do is use our smart bandage to cut the number of hours or days to just a few minutes. And also with certainty if the wound is inflamed or infected."
The bandage is being tested on patients with leg ulcers
Scientists hope to explore its use on other wounds
