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Wireless monitoring of deep wounds via bioelectronic sutures

Multifilament surgical sutures functionalized with a conductive polymer and incorporating pledgets with capacitive sensors operated via radiofrequency identification can be used to monitor physicochemical states of deep surgical sites.
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Wirelessly operated bioelectronic sutures for the monitoring of deep surgical wounds - Nature Biomedical Engineering

Multifilament surgical sutures functionalized with a conductive polymer and incorporating pledgets with capacitive sensors operated via radiofrequency identification can be used to monitor physicochemical states of deep surgical sites.

The cover illustrates surgical sutures incorporating wirelessly operated pledgets for the monitoring of deep surgical sites.

See Kalidasan et al.

Image: Zhipeng Li, National University of Singapore. Cover design: Alex Wing.
Go to the profile of Pep Pàmies
Pep Pàmies
Chief Editor, Nature Biomedical Engineering, Nature Research

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