Wearable, portable invention offers options for treating antibiotic-
resistant infections

Date:
September 3, 2020
Source:
Purdue University
Summary:
About 6 million people in the United States are affected by chronic
wounds. Now, a team of innovators has developed a wearable solution
that allows a patient to receive treatment without leaving home.



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The rapid increase of life-threatening antibiotic-resistant infections
has resulted in challenging wound complications with limited choices of effective treatments. About 6 million people in the United States are
affected by chronic wounds.


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Now, a team of innovators from Purdue University has developed a wearable solution that allows a patient to receive treatment without leaving
home. The Purdue team's work is published in the journal Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology.

A video showing the technology is available at
https://youtu.be/UMZpDwYQZJM.

"We created a revolutionary type of treatment to kill the bacteria on
the surface of the wound or diabetic ulcer and accelerate the healing
process," said Rahim Rahimi, an assistant professor of materials
engineering at Purdue.

"We created a low-cost wearable patch and accompanying components to
deliver ozone therapy." Ozone therapy is a gas phase antimicrobial
treatment option that is being used by a growing number of patients in
the U.S. In most cases, the ozone treatments require patients to travel
to a clinical setting for treatment by trained technicians.

"Our breathable patch is applied to the wound and then connected to a
small, battery powered ozone-generating device," Rahimi said. "The ozone
gas is transported to the skin surface at the wound site and provides
a targeted approach for wound healing. Our innovation is small and
simple to use for patients at home." The team worked with the Purdue
Research Foundation Office of Technology Commercialization to patent
the technology.

The creators are looking for partners to continue developing their
technology.


========================================================================== Story Source: Materials provided by Purdue_University. Original written
by Chris Adam. Note: Content may be edited for style and length.


========================================================================== Journal Reference:
1. Alexander Roth, Ahmed Elkashif, Vidhya Selvamani, Rachel Abigail
Stucky,
Mohamed N. Seleem, Babak Ziaie, Rahim Rahimi. Wearable and
Flexible Ozone Generating System for Treatment of Infected Dermal
Wounds. Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology, 2020;
8 DOI: 10.3389/fbioe.2020.00458 ==========================================================================

Link to news story: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/09/200903075910.htm

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