Wearable Bioelectronics for Chronic Wound Management
Abstract
Chronic wounds are a major healthcare issue and can adversely affect the lives of millions of patients around the world. The current wound management strategies have limited clinical efficacy due to labor‐intensive lab analysis requirements, need for clinicians’ experiences, long‐term and frequent interventions, limiting therapeutic efficiency and applicability. The growing field of flexible bioelectronics enables a great potential for personalized wound care owing to its advantages such as wearability, low‐cost, and rapid and simple application. Herein, recent advances in the development of wearable bioelectronics for monitoring and management of chronic wounds are comprehensively reviewed. First, the design principles and the key features of bioelectronics that can adapt to the unique wound milieu features are introduced. Next, the current state of wound biosensors and on‐demand therapeutic systems are summarized and highlighted. Furthermore, the design criteria of the integrated closed loop devices are discussed. Finally, the future perspectives and challenges in wearable bioelectronics for wound care are discussed.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Pub Defense Publication
- Publication Date
- Dec 26, 2021
- Source ID
- 10.1002/adfm.202111022
Entities
People
- Canran Wang
- Ehsan Shirzaei Sani
- Wei Gao
Organizations
- California Institute of Technology
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration
- National Institutes of Health
- Office of Naval Research