Flexible sensors for chronic wound management

IEEE Reviews in Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 7, Issue , 2014, Pages 73-86

  Ochoa, Manuel ^a   Rahimi, Rahim ^a   Ziaie, Babak ^a  

^a Purdue University   (United States)

Author keywords

BioFlex; biosensor; chronic wound; flexible; wound healing

Indexed keywords

BIOCOMPATIBILITY; BIOSENSORS;

BIOCOMPATIBLE SUBSTRATES; BIOFLEX; CHRONIC WOUNDS; FABRICATION METHOD; FLEXIBLE; PHYSICAL AND CHEMICAL PARAMETERS; WOUND HEALING; WOUND HEALING PROCESS;

CHEMICAL SENSORS;

BIOMATERIAL; CELLULOSE; DIMETICONE; OXYGEN; PARYLENE; POLYETHYLENE TEREPHTHALATE; POLYGLACTIN; POLYIMIDE; POLYLACTIC ACID; POLYMER; POLYVINYL ALCOHOL; SILASTIC; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BIOCOMPATIBILITY; CHRONIC WOUND; GAUZE DRESSING; HUMAN; HYDROCOLLOID DRESSING; MECHANICAL STRESS; MICROFLUIDICS; MICROTECHNOLOGY; MOISTURE; NANOMEDICINE; PH; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; SENSOR; TEMPERATURE; WOUND CARE; WOUND DRESSING; WOUND FLUID; WOUND HEALING; CHRONIC DISEASE; DEVICES; PHYSIOLOGIC MONITORING; PHYSIOLOGY; SKIN ULCER; TUMOR MICROENVIRONMENT;

CELLULAR MICROENVIRONMENT; CHRONIC DISEASE; HUMANS; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; SKIN ULCER; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 84900388405     PISSN: 19373333     EISSN: 19411189     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/RBME.2013.2295817     Document Type: Article

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