Accelerated Skin Wound Healing Using Flexible Photovoltaic-Bioelectrode Electrical Stimulation.

ABSTRACT: Owing to the complex and long-term treatment of foot wounds due to diabetes and the limited mobility of patients, advanced clinical surgery often uses wearable flexible devices for auxiliary treatment. Therefore, there is an urgent need for self-powered biomedical devices to reduce the extra weight. We have prepared an electrically stimulated MEMS (Micro Electromechanical System) electrode integrated with wearable OPV (Organic photovoltaic). The wearable OPV is constructed of a bio-affinity PET-ITO substrate and a hundred-nanometer organic layer. Under sunlight and near-infrared light irradiation, a voltage and current are supplied to the MEMS electrode to generate an exogenous lateral electric field directed to the center of the wound. The results of in vitro cell experiments and diabetic

SUBMITTER: Han C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9032666 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature