C-DOCTOR ITP PI, Geoffrey Gurtner, MD is featured on NPR’s “Morning Edition”
C-DOCTOR ITP PI, Geoffrey Gurtner (Chair, University of Arizona, Department of Surgery) was recently featured on NPR’s Morning Edition and The Wall Street Journal discussing the development of his “smart bandage”. He is developing this product in collaboration with Stanford University and with funding from the Department of Defense. This “smart bandage” senses impending infections and delivers electrical pulses to treat them. The aim of this technology is to aid field medics in treating wounded soldiers on the battlefield. Beyond military applications, smart bandages could eventually diagnose and treat postoperative infections, with the first generation expected on the market in two to three years. With ongoing advancements, smart bandages promise to revolutionize wound care, offering advanced, real-time treatments that improve patient outcomes and save lives. Though this product differs from the one being developed as part of his Scar Formation Prevention ITP, C-DOCTOR celebrates Dr. Gurtner’s translational research efforts to develop innovative products to address wound healing.