Keyword: Smart Patches and Bandages

Briefs: Design
The next generation of wearable computing technology will be even closer to the wearer than a watch or glasses: It will be affixed to the skin.
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Articles: Manufacturing & Prototyping
See the products of tomorrow, including microscale robots, LOTUS coating, and a wearable e-tattoo.
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Briefs: Sensors/Data Acquisition
The patch uses ultrasound to monitor blood flow to organs.
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Briefs: Medical
Engineers have developed a stretchable ultrasonic array capable of serial, non-invasive, three-dimensional imaging of tissues as deep as four centimeters below the surface of human skin, at a spatial resolution of 0.5 mm.
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Blog: Medical
Engineers at University of California San Diego have developed a fully integrated system for deep-tissue monitoring.
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Briefs: Test & Measurement

Trends in wearable technology follow those of the broader biomedical and electronics industries — devices are getting smaller, smarter, and easier to use. Specifically, wearables...

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Blog: Electronics & Computers
A Caltech-developed new kind of smart bandage aims to treat lingering wounds and help those who have trouble recuperating.
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Videos of the Month: Manufacturing & Prototyping
See the videos of the month for April 2023.
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Articles: Wearables
See the products of tomorrow--today.
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Articles: Wearables
To learn more about each technology, see the contact information provided for that innovation.
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Briefs: Medical
Flexible, wearable electronics could be used for precision medical sensors attached to the skin, designed to perform health monitoring and diagnosis.
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Briefs: Medical
The smart bandage can dispense antibiotic, monitor wound-healing biomarkers, and report important data directly to doctors.
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Briefs: Sensors/Data Acquisition
The system promotes myocardial regeneration after a cardiac event.
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Briefs: Design
The next generation of wearable computing technology will be even closer to the wearer than a watch or glasses: It will be affixed to the skin.
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Quiz: Electronics & Computers
How much do you know about e-skin? Find out with the quiz below.
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INSIDER: Nanotechnology

At 200 times stronger than steel, graphene has been hailed as a super material of the future since its discovery in 2004. The ultrathin carbon material is an incredibly strong...

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Blog: Design
The system aims to add the sense of touch to the metaverse for use in virtual-reality shopping and gaming, and potentially facilitate the work of astronauts and other professions that require the use of thick gloves.
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INSIDER: Wearables

Scientists have developed a new technique for fabricating metamaterials from sheets of paper, using a computer to guide the movement of conductive ink pens and mechanical...

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Quiz: Wearables
See how much you know about wearable technology and the progress it has made.
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Articles: Robotics, Automation & Control
This column presents technologies that have applications in commercial areas, possibly creating the products of tomorrow.
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Briefs: Wearables

Researchers have developed electronic skin (e-skin) that is applied directly on top of real skin. Made from soft, flexible rubber, it can be embedded with sensors that...

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Briefs: Wearables

Engineers have created a flexible electronic sensing patch that can be sewn into clothing to analyze sweat for multiple markers. The patch could be used to diagnose and monitor...

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Briefs: Wearables

Soft pressure sensors have received significant research attention in a variety of fields including soft robotics, electronic skin, and wearable electronics. Researchers have developed a highly sensitive...

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Question of the Week: Wearables
Would You Wear a Microgrid?

Our April issue of Tech Briefs highlighted a wearable microgrid that powers electronics by harvesting energy from the wearer’s body. The wearable (shown here) has three components: sweat-powered biofuel cells, motion-powered devices called triboelectric generators, and energy-storing supercapacitors. All parts are...

Briefs: Wearables
The wearable device offers options for treating antibiotic-resistant infections and wounds.
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Briefs: Medical
The patch enables unobtrusive drug delivery through the skin for the management of skin cancers.
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Briefs: Manufacturing & Prototyping
3D bioprinting using bioink from engineered stem cells enables treatment of myocardial infarction and other cardiovascular diseases.
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Facility Focus: Energy
Learn about the technologies being developed at NC State, including vehicle armor, a monitoring patch for plants, and origami-inspired materials.
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Podcasts: Manufacturing & Prototyping
Microneedles offer an intriguing alternative to the drug-delivery devices we know and don't love.
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