ABSTRACT
Smart dressings, which show obvious advantage and potential in wound treatment and real-time monitoring, attract widespread attention in recent years. Real-time and dynamic acquiring wound information is vital to the treatment and prognosis of wound. Further research on smart dressings is helpful for wound management, personalized treatment, and realization of medical application translation of health monitoring technology. In the article, we categorize smart dressings and conclude their functions according to the type of micro-environment information of wound gathered by smart dressings.
ABSTRACT
The ideal wound dressing should have the functions of keeping wound moist and warm, preventing and treating wound infection, promoting wound healing, and so on; However there is no such ideal wound dressing in clinic. Dressings are likely to capable application to different kinds of wounds with multi-functions in the future. For the purpose of good tissue compatibility and permanent wound cover, auto- or allo- skin living cells should be integrated with biological dressings as real artificial skin by employing tissue engineering technology. Clinical application of smart dressings can enable wound management more personalized, effective, optimized, and convenient.