(Courtesy: Zhouquan Sun and Chengyi Hou) Surgical sutures are strong, flexible fibres used to close wounds caused by trauma or surgery. But could these stitches do more than just hold wounds closed?

The electronic suture can detect inflammation in a wound in real time to help to receive proper treatment. Furthermore, it can detect infectious conditions early, ensuring that treatment is not ...

Tested on rats, the stitches proved effective in treating wounds and could offer a cost-effective alternative to traditional sutures. Study: A bioabsorbable mechanoelectric fiber as electrical ...

A wound that took up 69% of the surface area was reduced to just 10.8% with electrical sutures after 24 hours, while a control group that had regular sutures still covered 32.6% in the same timeframe.

The sutures are just 350 microns, the size needed for closing wounds. Because they are biodegradable, doctors would not have to remove them. A photograph of the bioabsorbable electrical ...

The wounds are then closed using nonabsorbable sutures. Interrupted 10–0 nylon sutures are used for corneal wounds, 9–0 for limbal wounds, and 7–0 or 8–0 for scleral wounds. Corneal wound ...

It has been demonstrated that this mechanoelectric suture, which is constructed from biodegradable materials and generates electric fields in response to movement, significantly accelerates wound ...