Caltech professor of medical engineering Wei Gao and his colleagues are envisioning a smart bandage of the future — a “lab on skin” that could not only help patients and caregivers monitor the status of chronic wounds but also deliver treatment and speed up the healing process for those cuts, incisions, scrapes, and burns that are slow to heal on their own.
In 2023, Gao’s team cleared the first hurdle toward achieving that goal by showing that a smart bandage they developed could provide…
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