Ohio State Innovation Foundation

Shomita Steiner

Chandan K Sen

Vishwanath V Subramaniam

Piya Das Ghatak

Shaurya Prakash

Asimina Kiourti

Travis H Jones

Sashwati Roy

Anne Co

Ramandeep Vilkhu

Molly Marie Bennett

Emily Quinn Rosenthal

Wesley Joo-Chen Thio

Joseph Dean West

Antimicrobial dressings for prevention and mitigation of biofilm and bacterial infection by an applied electric current are provided. Methods of making the dressings and methods of applying an electric current to promote the wound healing process are also disclosed.

Antimicrobial wound care dressing

Disclosed and described herein are systems and methods of energy generation from fabric electrochemistry. An electrical cell is created when electrodes (cathodes and anodes) are 'printed' on or otherwise embedded into fabrics to generate DC power when moistened by a conductive bodily liquid such as sweat, wound, fluid, etc. The latter acts, in turn, as the cell's electrolyte. A singular piece of fabric can be configured into multiple cells by dividing regions of the fabric with hydrophobic barriers and having at least one anode-cathode set in each region. Flexible inter-connections between the cells can be used to scale the generated power, per the application requirements.

Energy generation from fabric electrochemistry

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