DRESSING MATERIAL FOR MONITORING A WOUND HEALING

摘要

A dressing material for monitoring a wound healing comprises a dressing base material and a control element. The control element lies in or on the dressing base material such that a control surface of the control element is visible and a liquid or gaseous secretion of a wound is in contact with the control element when the dressing material is applied onto the wound. Furthermore, the control element is designed to cause a visible change of the control surface on the basis of a chemical reaction when a property of the wound changes in order to enable the monitoring of the wound healing, said control element having at least one receptor that is designed to selectively respond to one or more analytes. The analyte(s) are selected from the group that contains reactive oxygen species, amines, alcohols, thiols, aldehydes, ketones, diols, hydrogen peroxide, nitrogen oxide, amino acids, hydrogen sulfide, carboxylic acids, and mercaptans.