New technology could transform the way doctors treat chronic wounds, which affect more than 6 million people in the U.S. each year. Chronic wounds, such as diabetic ulcers or deep-tissue burns, are wounds that heal slowly or not at all and are thus prone to infection. These infections can lead to severe consequences, including amputation or even death.<\/p>\n
Inventors in the Joint Department of Biomedical Engineering, with support from the Office of Research Commercialization, are patenting technology that could help heal chronic wounds faster and more effectively.<\/p>\n\n
Inventors in the Joint Department of Biomedical Engineering, with support from the Office of Research Commercialization, are patenting technology that could help heal chronic wounds faster and more effectively.<\/p>\n\n\n
New technology could transform the way doctors treat chronic wounds, which affect more than 6 million people in the U.S. each year. Chronic wounds, such as diabetic ulcers or deep-tissue…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":239,"featured_media":14379,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"source":"","ncst_custom_author":"","ncst_show_custom_author":false,"ncst_dynamicHeaderBlockName":"ncst\/default-post-header","ncst_dynamicHeaderData":"{\"showAuthor\":false,\"showDate\":true,\"showFeaturedVideo\":false,\"caption\":\"\",\"showReadingTime\":false}","ncst_content_audit_freq":"","ncst_content_audit_date":"","ncst_content_audit_display":false,"ncst_backToTopFlag":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"_ncst_magazine_issue":[],"class_list":["post-11982","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"displayCategory":null,"acf":{"ncst_posts_meta_modified_date":null},"yoast_head":"\n