Melbourne researchers have come up with new “smart bandage” that changes colour depending on the temperature of the skin beneath, giving health professionals a powerful new tool for treating wounds and monitoring possible infections. This came from Monash University team. PhD student Louise van der Werff said the bandage could enable chronic wounds to be treated quicker. Heat-sensitive fibres woven into the bandage are able to register temperature variations of less than 0.5 of a degree. The Smart Bandage research project was led by Robin Cranston who said, “Having the ability to collect a broader range of data on a wound’s status will have a significant impact on the understanding of chronic wounds and how best to treat them.”
