New Electric Bandage Accelerates Healing of Chronic Wounds: Animal Study

Electric bandages that use electric fields to heal could prevent amputations and death.
New Electric Bandage Accelerates Healing of Chronic Wounds: Animal Study
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Researchers have invented a bandage for chronic wounds that relies on electric stimulation. The bandage facilitates healing faster than conventional bandages, according to an animal study published in Science Advances.

“Our goal here was to develop a far less expensive technology that accelerates healing in patients with chronic wounds,” study co-author Amay Bandodkar, an assistant professor of electrical and computer engineering at North Carolina State University, said in a statement.
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