A wearable device called “a-Heal,” designed by engineers at UC Santa Cruz, aims to optimize each stage of wound healing the ...

Wound healing involves four stages: homeostasis, inflammation, proliferation, and remodeling. The skin is the body's largest organ and is a barrier to germs, injury, chemicals, and ultraviolet (UV) ...

The ankle area has fewer fat layers under the skin and is characterized by the anatomical characteristics that tendons and bones are easily exposed, so the wound does not heal well and spreads easily.