UConn School of Dental Medicine - Meadowbrook Care Center

Using Smart Bandages to Heal Chronic Wounds

By Meadowbrook Staff | February 20, 2020 |

For the first time, faculty in the biomedical engineering department—a shared department with the UConn School of Dental Medicine, School of Medicine, and School of Engineering— designed a wirelessly-controlled, or “smart,” bandage and corresponding smartphone-sized platform that can precisely deliver different medications to the wound with independent dosing. This Smart bandage, developed by Dr. Ali…