Scientists in the UK are developing a new wound sensor to help reduce diabetes-related foot and leg amputation. The technology aims to deliver a step change in the care of chronic wounds and reduce the healthcare costs for wound management in people with diabetes-related foot ulcers.

Hospital patients in the UK are the first to trial the smart wound dressing, which is embedded with optical fiber sensors to assess whether tissue is healing or infected. The fiber sensors in the dressing are able to detect changes in humidity, temperature, pH and pressure, which indicate if a wound has become infected or is not healing as it should be.

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