Biomedical engineers from Brown University have developed a new wound dressing material that releases antibiotic drugs only when harmful bacteria are present in a wound. In the new study, published in ...

How Does Vacuum-Assisted Closure Work? ‌Negative pressure wound therapy involves a special dressing connected to a pump that gently draws fluid and infection from the wound. A nurse will: Clean the ...

Scientists have developed a new wound dressing, based on innovative fibers that can be loaded with antibiotics, then dissolve when the healing process is completed. Despite advances in treatment ...

From biomaterial-based dressings to nanotherapeutics and bioengineered skin grafts, wound care management has evolved tremendously in the last couple of decades. If there is a wound on the body, ...

Last week, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) proposed two new rules for classification of certain, previously unclassified wound dressings and liquid wound washes containing antimicrobials, ...

A nanocellulose wound dressing that can reveal early signs of infection without interfering with the healing process has been developed by researchers at Linköping University, Sweden. Their study, ...

This evidence summary discusses the best available evidence for advanced wound dressings and antimicrobial dressings for managing common chronic wounds (diabetic foot ulcers, pressure ulcers, venous ...

After enactment of the Medical Device Amendments of 1976, which established three regulatory classes for medical devices, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has been required to classify all ...

The World Health Organization estimates that over 420 million people are living with diabetes worldwide. A common complication of diabetes is diabetic foot ulcer, and globally, there is a lower ...