New Band-Aid-Like Patch Delivers Drugs Directly to Internal Organs

New Band-Aid-Like Patch Delivers Drugs Directly to Internal Organs

Researchers have developed a wireless, Band-Aid-like patch that delivers drugs directly to internal organs, offering a targeted treatment. Credit: The U.S. Food and Drug Administration / Public domain Researchers from China and the United States have developed a small, flexible patch that delivers medicine directly to internal organs. Shaped like a Band-Aid, the patch attaches to the surface of an organ and releases treatment where it’s needed m…

Dressing that delivers therapy directly to the organs.

A team of biomedical engineers from China and the United States has developed a groundbreaking innovation that could transform medicine. An ultrathin patch, similar in appearance to a band-aid, is capable of delivering drugs directly to internal organs. The breakthrough was presented in a study published in the journal Nature. The device eliminates the need for drugs to travel through the bloodstream—a process that often leads to side effects by…