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Conn Hastings, PHD
Science Writer on Medgadget.com

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Hastings, C. (2023, July 24). Wound sensor patch indicates healing status |. Medgadget. https://www.medgadget.com/2023/07/wound-sensor-patch-indicates-healing-status.html

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Wound care involves proper management and treatment to prevent infection and is imperative to wound healing. Impaired wound healing, such as chronic wounds can lead to life-threatening complications as well as increased financial burden to patients and the healthcare system. As a wound care nurse, I can appreciate this technology as I have seen difficulty in complex wound healing. Although further testing needs to be done, I believe this patch has potential to revolutionize wound management.

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Further testing is needed

Need a smartphone

Restricted admittance to technology, particularly in underserved networks

Has only been tested on chronic and burn wounds

Limited to small wounds

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Monitors complex wounds more regularly

Thin, flexible, biocompatible, and can be safely combined with wound dressings.

Decreases risk of infection

Less dressing changes

Provides immediate wound diagnosis

Battery free

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This patch, named PETAL (Paper-like Battery-free In situ AI-enabled Multiplexed) and created by researchers at the National University of Singapore, operates without an energy source and consists of five sensors that can determine a patient’s wound healing status within 15 minutes. The PETAL’s sensors measure a combination of biomarkers: temperature, pH, trimethylamine, uric acid and moisture of the wound (Hastings, 2023). The patch collects fluid from the wound and administers it to the sensors.  Sensor images are then captured using a smartphone camera and classified by AI algorithms to determine healing status.