<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>In recent years several electrical wound management systems, so called electroceuticals, have been introduced claiming an induced electrical response in the wounded tissue. Some have external current and voltage sources while others have internal constructions aiming at creating necessary therapeutic currents. We investigate two representative electroceuticals by mapping out their electrical field landscapes using a previously developed skin model within a numerical simulation scheme. We find very strong fields from the electroceuticals of the order of 1 kV/m amenable for electrotaxic influence on pertinent cell types for wound healing. Current densities can locally be as high as 1 A/cm<sup>2</sup>.</p></abstract>

In recent years several electrical wound management systems, so called electroceuticals, have been introduced claiming an induced electrical response in the wounded tissue. Some have external current and voltage sources while others have internal constructions aiming at creating necessary therapeutic currents. We investigate two representative electroceuticals by mapping out their electrical field landscapes using a previously developed skin model within a numerical simulation scheme. We find very strong fields from the electroceuticals of the order of 1 kV/m amenable for electrotaxic influence on pertinent cell types for wound healing. Current densities can locally be as high as 1 A/cm2.

Electrical field landscape of two electroceuticals

Journal of Electrical Bioimpedance

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In recent years several electrical wound management systems, so called electroceuticals, have been introduced claiming an induced electrical response in the...

Electrical field landscape of two electroceuticals

Article Category: Articles

Publié en ligne: 27 mai 2016

Pages: 13 - 19

Reçu: 17 févr. 2016

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5617/jeb.2693

Mots clés
Wound, electroceutical, skin, modeling, electric field, current, potential

© 2016 O. Wahlsten, J. B. Skiba, I. R. S. Makin, S. P. Apell, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Electrical field landscape of two electroceuticals

Article Category: Articles

Publié en ligne: 27 mai 2016

Pages: 13 - 19

Reçu: 17 févr. 2016

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5617/jeb.2693

Mots clésWound, electroceutical, skin, modeling, electric field, current, potential

© 2016 O. Wahlsten, J. B. Skiba, I. R. S. Makin, S. P. Apell, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Mots clés
Wound, electroceutical, skin, modeling, electric field, current, potential