The National Institutes of Health awarded Worcester Polytechnic Institute researcher Emmanuel Agu $2.4 million to develop a smartphone app to detect infections in open wounds. The app will use heat ...

WORCESTER — Bodily wounds that persist or that won't go away — aka “chronic wounds” — can be potentially deadly. Diabetics can develop sores that can fester. Nursing home patients develop bed sores ...

Get the latest federal technology news delivered to your inbox. To detect wound complications as soon as they happen, researchers have invented a battery-free “smart suture” that can wirelessly sense ...

Shorter wound healing time, fewer dressing changes and the opportunity for earlier discharge from the hospital. These are some of the benefits of negative pressure wound therapy to treat wound ...