Wearables for wounds and paper interfaces

PurdueAmong recent developments to come out of the Purdue Research Foundation’s Office of Technology Commercialization is a wearable solution allowing patients to receive treatment for chronic wounds without leaving home, and a simple printing process that can turn paper or cardboard packaging into easy-to-use human-machine interfaces.

The rapid increase of life-threatening, antibiotic-resistant infections has resulted in challenging wound complications with limited choices for effective treatments. About six million people in the US are affected by chronic wounds each year.

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