The problem of pressure ulcers or bedsores affects about 2.5 million American residents and costs $11 billion annually, reports Infection Control Today. They are a result of prolonged pressure cuts off an inadequate blood supply to the skin. Patients who are bedridden are at the greatest risk.
The ‘smart bandage’ could provide a means to combat that problem. “Our device is a comprehensive demonstration that tissue health in a living organism can be locally mapped using impedance spectroscopy,” says study lead author Sarah Swisher, a PhD candidate in electrical engineering and computer sciences at UC Berkeley, to Infection Control Today.
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