Thin, Flexible Sensors and Actuators as ‘Instrumented’ Surgical Sutures for Targeted Wound Monitoring and Therapy
- Seoul National Univ. (Korea, Republic of)
- Univ. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, IL (United States)
- MC10 Inc., Cambridge, MA (United States)
- Tufts Univ., Medford, MA (United States)
- Dalian Univ. of Technology (China)
- Northwestern Univ., Evanston, IL (United States)
Proper healing of incised skin is critical to the natural processes of tissue repair. Concepts in flexible silicon electronics enable integration of actuators, sensors and a variety of semiconductor devices onto thin strips of plastic or biopolymers, to yield ‘instrumented’ suture threads for monitoring and accelerating the wound healing in this context. Bifacial systems of this type demonstrate various classes of functionality, in live animal models. Furthermore, detailed modelling of the mechanics reveals stress and strain distributions in such applications, to support design strategies for robust operation.
- Research Organization:
- Univ. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, IL (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES). Materials Sciences & Engineering Division; National Science Foundation (NSF)
- Grant/Contract Number:
- FG02-07ER46471; #0749028; FG02-07ER46453
- OSTI ID:
- 1876442
- Journal Information:
- Small, Vol. 8, Issue 21; ISSN 1613-6810
- Publisher:
- WileyCopyright Statement
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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