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Title: Multifunctional skin-like electronics for quantitative, clinical monitoring of cutaneous wound healing

Journal Article · · Advanced Healthcare Materials
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  1. Univ. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL (United States)
  2. Pohang Univ. of Science and Technology, Pohang (Republic of Korea)
  3. Northwestern Univ., Chicago, IL (United States)
  4. Northwestern Univ., Evanston, IL (United States); Center for Mechanics and Materials, Beijing (China)
  5. Institute of High Performance Computing, Connexis (Singapore)
  6. Northwestern Univ., Evanston, IL (United States)
  7. Pusan National Univ., Busan (Republic of Korea)
  8. Virginia Commonwealth Univ., Richmond, VA (United States)

Non-invasive, biomedical devices have the potential to provide important, quantitative data for the assessment of skin diseases and wound healing. Traditional methods either rely on qualitative visual and tactile judgments of a professional and/or data obtained using instrumentation with forms that do not readily allow intimate integration with sensitive skin near a wound site. In this paper, an electronic sensor platform that can softly and reversibly laminate perilesionally at wounds to provide highly accurate, quantitative data of relevance to the management of surgical wound healing is reported. Clinical studies on patients using thermal sensors and actuators in fractal layouts provide precise time-dependent mapping of temperature and thermal conductivity of the skin near the wounds. Analytical and simulation results establish the fundamentals of the sensing modalities, the mechanics of the system, and strategies for optimized design. The use of this type of “epidermal” electronics system in a realistic clinical setting with human subjects establishes a set of practical procedures in disinfection, reuse, and protocols for quantitative measurement. Finally, the results have the potential to address important unmet needs in chronic wound management.

Research Organization:
Univ. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, IL (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)
Grant/Contract Number:
FG02-07ER46471; FG02-07ER46453
OSTI ID:
1342721
Journal Information:
Advanced Healthcare Materials, Vol. 3, Issue 10; ISSN 2192-2640
Publisher:
WileyCopyright Statement
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Citation Metrics:
Cited by: 200 works
Citation information provided by
Web of Science

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