Smart Bandages(1:06:50)

Guest: Michel Maharbiz, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences at the University of California, Berkeley  Bed sores are a critical concern for people who are bed-ridden or hospitalized for long periods of time. Also known as “pressure sores” they can lead to serious infection and even death. What’s particularly worrisome is that by the time you see signs of a bedsore on the surface of the skin, it’s usually too late to get a handle on the infection. Researchers at UC Berkeley and UC San Francisco have developed a smart bandage that can detect tissue damage related to bedsores before it’s visible to doctors.