The recovery of human tissue will be much easier with the help of new technology derived from NASA program, which produced a type of polymer bandage which, when is filled with electricity accelerate recovery.
This ‘electric bandage’ is made from PVDF or polyvinylidene fluoride, which is thermoplastic polymer that can generate electric discharge performed in response to mechanical stress on it. Creators of this ‘electric bandage’ Mia Siochi and Lisa Scott Carnell, made this bandage using a process called electrospinning, where polymer fibers with nano-thickness are created using an electric charge.
Bandages like this, in a close future would be part of every household and will offer an effective treatment for wounds, even for serious wounds if they are immediately applied and will reduce the chances of further complication.
These PVDF bandages, which will be activated with body temperature, will have huge potential to treat people, because, naturally, the human body generates a certain voltage through the tissues which “pushes forward” our cells which are used for tissue healing.
Further development will be of great benefit for astronauts in space, for which this project was started at beginning, also for soldiers on the battlefield, patients who performed surgery etc.