Thin, flexible sensors and actuators as 'instrumented' surgical sutures for targeted wound monitoring and therapy

Dae Hyeong Kim; Shuodao Wang; Hohyun Keum; Roozbeh Ghaffari; Yun Soung Kim; Hu Tao; Bruce Panilaitis; Ming Li; Zhan Kang; Fiorenzo Omenetto; Yonggang Huang; John A. Rogers

doi:10.1002/smll.201200933

Thin, flexible sensors and actuators as 'instrumented' surgical sutures for targeted wound monitoring and therapy

Dae Hyeong Kim, Shuodao Wang, Hohyun Keum, Roozbeh Ghaffari, Yun Soung Kim, Hu Tao, Bruce Panilaitis, Ming Li, Zhan Kang, Fiorenzo Omenetto, Yonggang Huang, John A. Rogers

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Abstract

Proper healing of incised skin is critical to the natural processes of tissue repair. Concepts in flexible silicon electronics enable integration of actuators, sensors and a variety of semiconductor devices onto thin strips of plastic or biopolymers, to yield 'instrumented' suture threads for monitoring and accelerating the wound healing in this context. Bifacial systems of this type demonstrate various classes of functionality, in live animal models. Detailed modelling of the mechanics reveals stress and strain distributions in such applications, to support design strategies for robust operation.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	3263-3268
Number of pages	6
Journal	Small
Volume	8
Issue number	21
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1002/smll.201200933
State	Published - Nov 5 2012
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

flexible electronics
implantable devices
sensors
surgical sutures

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Biomaterials
Engineering (miscellaneous)
Biotechnology
General Medicine

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