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Surgical dressing fights infections with electricity

07-Nov-2017

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Electroceuticals are an effective platform technology to combat wound biofilm infection.

Bacteria rely on electrostatic interactions to adhere to surfaces.

Wireless electroceutical dressing (WED) generates a weak electric field.

No need for an external power supply.

Not subject to the mechanisms that may promote drug resistance.

The study was published in the Annals of Surgery journal.

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Annals of Surgery

Medical journal of surgical science and practice.

Chandan Sen

Director of the Indiana Center for Regenerative Medicine and Engineering.

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