Smart Bandages: The Future of Wound Care.
Trends Biotechnol
; 36(12): 1259-1274, 2018 12.
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| ID: mdl-30197225
ABSTRACT
Chronic non-healing wounds are major healthcare challenges that affect a noticeable number of people; they exert a severe financial burden and are the leading cause of limb amputation. Although chronic wounds are locked in a persisting inflamed state, they are dynamic and proper therapy requires identifying abnormalities, administering proper drugs and growth factors, and modulating the conditions of the environment. In this review article, we discuss technologies that have been developed to actively monitor the wound environment. We also highlight drug delivery tools that have been integrated with bandages to facilitate precise temporal and spatial control over drug release and review automated or semi-automated systems that can respond to the wound environment.
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MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Vendajes
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Heridas y Lesiones
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Sistemas de Liberación de Medicamentos
Tipo de estudio:
Prognostic_studies
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Humans
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En
Año:
2018
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Article