Large Scale Ultrafast Manufacturing of Wireless Soft Bioelectronics Enabled by Autonomous Robot Arm Printing Assisted by a Computer Vision‐Enabled Guidance System for Personalized Wound Healing
A Customized wound patch for Advanced tissue Regeneration with Electric field (CARE), featuring an autonomous robot arm printing system guided by a computer vision-enabled guidance system for fast image recognition is introduced. CARE addresses the growing demand for flexible, stretchable, and wireless adhesive bioelectronics tailored for electrotherapy, which is suitable for rapid adaptation to individual patients and practical implementation in a comfortable design. The visual guidance system integrating a 6-axis robot arm enables scans from multiple angles to provide a 3D map of complex and curved wounds. The size of electrodes and the geometries of power-receiving coil are essential components of the CARE and are determined by a MATLAB simulation, ensuring efficient wireless power transfer. Three heterogeneous inks possessing different rheological behaviors can be extruded and printed sequentially on the flexible substrates, supporting fast manufacturing of large customized bioelectronic patches. CARE can stimulate wounds up to 10 mm in depth with an electric field strength of 88.8 mV mm<sup>-1</sup>. In vitro studies reveal the ability to accelerate cell migration by a factor of 1.6 and 1.9 for human dermal fibroblasts and human umbilical vein endothelial cells, respectively. This study highlights the potential of CARE as a clinical wound therapy method to accelerate healing.
Authors
- I. Preda
- Surya Varchasvi Devaraj (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9168-406X)
- Su Ryon Shin (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0864-6482)
- Roberto Rodriguez (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5218-9608)
- Lance Fiondella (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4572-6599)
- Yeongseok Jang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1783-6264)
- Brendan Craig Thibault
- Seol‐Ha Jeong (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3210-9580)
- Hiroyuki Tetsuka (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3544-7032)
- L. HUANG (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0005-3591-9978)
- Lorenzo Pirrami (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2190-3888)
- Yuhan Lee
- Jihyun Kim (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0008-0192-6450)
- Jeong Wook Seo
- Sameer Sonkusale
- Javier Alejandro Lozano Soto
- Estefania Riestra
Institutions
- University of Massachusetts Dartmouth (US)
- Tufts University (US)
- Brigham and Women's Hospital (US)
- Harvard University (US)
- Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (IN)
- HES-SO University of Applied Sciences and Arts Western Switzerland (CH)
- Yonsei University (KR)
- Toyota Motor North America (United States) (US)
- School of Engineering and Architecture of Fribourg (CH)
- HES-SO Fribourg (CH)
- Toyota Research Institute
- Jeonbuk National University (KR)
- Tecnológico de Monterrey (MX)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Advanced Healthcare Materials
- Published
- 2024-11-15
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1002/adhm.202401735
- Citations
- 6
- Primary Topic
- Planarian Biology and Electrostimulation
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 1.40
Funders
- National Science Foundation
- Schweizerischer Nationalfonds zur Förderung der Wissenschaftlichen Forschung
- Korea Health Industry Development Institute
- National Institutes of Health