3D Printing to help create Smart Bandages

The world of medicine has taken great leaps this year thanks to 3D printing, but new innovations aren’t stopping yet! Thanks to 3D printing and a team of researchers at Swansea University in the UK, a new innovation for medicine has been born and it goes by the name of “Smart Bandage”.

This research project, which was led by the Institute of Life Science (ILS) at Swansea University, wanted to help fix a common issue when it comes to wounds and bandages, and that is the issue of not knowing if a wound is properly healing after the bandage is applied. With the Smart Bandage, the guessing game is over thanks to sensors and 5G data transfer technology, which could help doctors track the healing progress of their patient’s wounds while reducing the amount of check-ups needed.

Marc Clement, Chairman of ILS

“5G is an opportunity to produce resilient, robust bandwidth that is always there for the purpose of healthcare,” explains Marc Clement, Chairman of ILS. “This is a multi-technology approach, with nanotechnology, nano-electronics, printing and coating biochemistry all interconnecting through 5G infrastructure to allow us to deliver health care for a wound patient that delivers better patient outcomes and better quality of life”.