{"id":245741,"date":"2026-05-14T07:49:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-14T11:49:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/14\/smart-technology-meets-wound-care-to-combat-dangerous-diabetic-ulcers\/"},"modified":"2026-05-14T07:55:07","modified_gmt":"2026-05-14T11:55:07","slug":"smart-technology-meets-wound-care-to-combat-dangerous-diabetic-ulcers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/14\/smart-technology-meets-wound-care-to-combat-dangerous-diabetic-ulcers\/","title":{"rendered":"Smart technology meets wound care to combat dangerous diabetic ulcers"},"content":{"rendered":"

Smart technology meets wound care to combat dangerous diabetic ulcers<\/a><\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.news-medical.net\/news\/20260514\/Smart-technology-meets-wound-care-to-combat-dangerous-diabetic-ulcers.aspx<\/a><\/p>\n

Publish Date: 2026-05-14 07:49:00<\/a><\/p>\n

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“Diabetic ulcers,” which occur in patients with diabetes, are dangerous complications that can lead to amputation if the treatment window is missed. A joint research team has developed a “smart dressing patch” that can monitor wound conditions in real time.<\/p>\n

KAIST (President Kwang Hyung Lee) announced on the 14th of May that a research team led by Distinguished Professor Inkyu Park of the Department of Mechanical Engineering, through joint research with Professor Ji-Hwan Ha of Hanbat National University (President Yongjun Oh), researcher Junho Jeong of the Korea Institute of Machinery & Materials (President Seog-Hyeon Ryu), and Professor Wei Gao of the California Institute of Technology (Caltech; President Thomas F. Rosenbaum) in the United States, has developed a “wireless, battery-free optoelectronic multi-modal sensor patch” for diabetic ulcer management.<\/p>\n

The patch developed by the research team combines an optoelectronic sensor, which can simultaneously measure multiple types of biological information, with a functional dressing. It can analyze glucose concentration, acidity (pH, an indicator of hydrogen ion concentration), and temperature changes at the wound site in real time, and patients can check their condition themselves using a smartphone.<\/p>\n

The research team fabricated a functional nanofiber dressing using electrospinning, a method that uses an electric field to create fibers much thinner than a human hair. This dressing changes color in response to increased glucose and changes in acidity that appear in diabetic foot wounds.<\/p>\n

In other words, if the wound condition worsens, the dressing color changes, allowing danger signals to be easily checked with the naked eye. Through this, abnormal signs that could lead to tissue necrosis can be detected and tracked over long periods in a non-invasive manner, meaning without cutting the skin or drawing blood.<\/p>\n

The research team combined this with an optoelectronic system to improve diagnostic…<\/p>\n

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