A smart bandage in development uses tiny LED lights to emit ultraviolet-C light, aimed at sterilizing a wound as it heals. PHOTO: UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON A new generation of smart bandages that ...

The futuristic dressing uses an electric field to promote healing in chronic wounds and other injuries. During animal testing, wounds treated with the electric bandages healed 30 per cent faster than ...

For thousands of years, bandages have proved an essential component of any first aid kit. They’ve certainly saved countless lives by staunching bleeding and warding off infection. But these dressings ...

Scientists are developing bandages that not only cover a wound, but can communicate with your doctor and even deliver therapeutic pulses of light or electricity. Coming soon to an injury near you, ...

Caltech researchers, working in collaboration with the USC Keck School of Medicine, have created a new type of smart bandage that can help improve the treatment of chronic wounds. The advanced ...

Every scrape, cut or boo-boo can not only hurt but can feel scary to your little ones. As much as you want to go back in time and save them from tripping on the playground, you can only soothe their ...

A new 'smart bandage' can tell doctors when a wound has healed without them having to check first. The bandage, developed by scientists at the University of Bologna, Italy, is equipped with a sensor ...