石墨烯旗舰：石墨烯基电子贴片用于慢性伤口监测

By: Graphene Flagship
        石墨烯旗舰合作伙伴Grapheal最新推出可穿戴石墨烯基电子贴片，用于持续监控慢性伤口。

石墨烯旗舰合作伙伴Grapheal最新推出可穿戴石墨烯基电子贴片，用于持续监控慢性伤口。

这个柔性透明的生物传感器有助于医生和护士对慢性伤口进行及时的治疗。该电子贴片将于2020年2月24日至27日在西班牙巴塞罗那举行的2020年移动世界大会上在DeepTechEu展示。
       有证据表明，随着人口老龄化和慢性伤口患病率的增加，有效的伤口护理将成为欧洲医疗保健的关键。欧洲糖尿病的发病率不断上升，使情况更加恶化，欧洲6000万糖尿病患者中约有5.5%患上脚部伤口（并发症）。

慢性伤口可能需要几个月甚至几年才能愈合。在20%的病例中，损伤从不愈合，可能导致截肢。这一恶果正在增加，与2010-2013年相比，2014-2017年期间截肢率增加了19.4%。
      在欧盟旗舰的最大的技术展会Deep Tech EU，来自法国CNRS-Grenoble（法国）的分公司Grapheal将展示其伤口监测技术将如何改变医疗行业处理常见的慢性伤口的方式。
        连接到智能手机上，Grapheal的可穿戴电子贴片可以持续监测伤口，为护理人员和伤口患者提供一个智能和准确的评估工具。伤口电子贴片测量、存储伤口的生物数据，并通过智能手机应用程序将这些数据传输到云端。这种实时连接确保护士和医生可以随时得知早期的感染和其他并发症。 
       Grapheal首席执行官Vincent Bouchiat解释说：“我们的专有的解决方案使用聚合物基底石墨烯，以一种无植入的方式，对伤口的任何变化会有反应。作为一种原子层厚度的材料，石墨烯的电极电导率将会随着任何物理化学变化而变化，从而能够更快地发现病人的问题。”
       因为石墨烯薄而柔性的特点，电子贴片能够适应任何伤口形状。事实上，这种贴片的非植入的特点能有效地促进伤口愈合，我们已经主导了八项临床前研究来证明它的生物刺激特性。”

Graphene-based electronic patch to improve chronic wound monitoring

By: Graphene Flagship 
 
Graphene Flagship Associated Member Grapheal has developed a pioneering graphene-based wearable patch for the remote monitoring of chronic wounds.
 
Graphene Flagship Associated Member Grapheal has developed a pioneering wearable patch for the remote monitoring of chronic wounds. The flexible and transparent graphene-based biosensor enables doctors and nurses to provide hyper-responsive treatment of chronic wounds. The device will be showcased at Deep Tech EU, at Mobile World Congress 2020, held in Barcelona, Spain on February 24 to 27, 2020. 

Evidence suggests effective wound care will become critical for healthcare in Europe as the population ages and the prevalence of chronic wounds increases. The growing frequency of diabetes in Europe is exacerbating the situation, with approximately 5.5 per cent of 60 million diabetics in Europe developing a foot wound.

Chronic wounds can take months or even years to heal. In 20 per cent of the cases, the injury never heals and can lead to a limb amputation. This dramatic consequence is on the rise, with a 19.4 per cent increase in limb amputations during 2014-2017 compared to 2010-2013.

At Deep Tech EU, the largest showcase of technologies born out of European Flagships, Grapheal, a spin-off from CNRS-Grenoble (France) will demonstrate how its wound monitoring technology will change the way the healthcare industry deals with the chronic wound epidemic.

Connected to a smartphone, Grapheal's wearable patch enables continuous monitoring of wounds, to empower caregivers and wound sufferers with a smart and accurate assessment tool. The wound patch measures and stores the bio parameters of the wound and communicates this data to the cloud via a smartphone app. This real-time connectivity ensures nurses and doctors can be alerted to early stages of infection and other complications.

"Our patented formula uses Graphene-on-polymer, in a non-invasive way, to actively react to any changes to the wound", explained Vincent Bouchiat, Grapheal CEO. "As an tomically thin material, graphene's electrode conductivity will change according to any hysicochemical change, enabling faster detection of problems for patients."

"Our patch can adapt to any shape of wound, using Graphene's thin and flexible properties. In fact, the non-invasive nature of the patch actively stimulates wound healing — and we have led eight preclinical studies to prove its bio stimulation properties."