Smart Bandage (IMAGE)

University of California - Berkeley

Smart Bandage

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The smart bandage is fabricated by printing gold electrodes onto a thin piece of plastic. This flexible sensor uses impedance spectroscopy to detect bedsores that are invisible to the naked eye.

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Image courtesy of UC Berkeley

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