Current wound care is reactive, intermittent, and blind to what happens between dressing changes.
01 Wounds are checked, not monitored
Between dressing changes a wound's true condition is invisible. Infection and deterioration develop silently — problems surface only at the next inspection, often too late.
02 Complications escalate unseen
Pressure sores and diabetic ulcers cost the US healthcare system $26.8B annually. By the time complications are visible, treatment is harder, slower and exponentially costlier.
03 Recovery runs on guesswork
Healing and rehab progress rely on intermittent spot checks and patient self-report — not continuous, objective data. Clinicians lack actionable signal between visits.
① Smart Dressing
Conductive sensor threads woven directly into bandages, sutures and wraps track moisture, temperature, pressure and healing biomarkers continuously — nothing extra on the patient.
② Edge Module
A lightweight, low-power BLE module captures, conditions and securely syncs wound and recovery signals in real time. Battery life optimized for full dressing cycles.
③ Intelligence Platform
Cloud AI models translate raw multi-parameter signal into healing scores, infection-risk alerts and recovery trajectories — surfaced through clear clinical dashboards and carer notifications.
How it works
SENSE
Sensors read moisture, temperature, pressure & movement at the wound site — continuously, 24/7.
PROCESS
Nexilis models translate raw multi-parameter signal into healing, infection-risk & recovery scores.
ACT
Clinicians and carers receive alerts: when to intervene, change a dressing, or escalate care.
The same fabric-to-insight loop powers wound care, recovery and rehab — one sensing platform, many clinical use cases. The platform generalizes beyond wound dressings to other sensor-embedded substrates (garments, mats, socks) across medical, veterinary, sports, and wellness use cases.
Prof. Sameer Sonkusale · Tufts University Nano Lab · ECE / Biomedical Engineering / Chemical & Biological Engineering
2016 — Thread-Based Microfluidics, Sensors & Electronics for 3-D Tissue Embedding
Microsystems & Nanoengineering (Nature) · Highest Cited Paper Award
Nanoscale conductive threads carrying sensors, microfluidics and electronics were sutured through multiple tissue layers to gather diagnostic data wirelessly in real time — the foundational proof of concept for sensor-integrated sutures and dressings.
2018 — Smart Bandage for Monitoring and Treatment of Chronic Wounds
Small (Wiley) · Best Paper · Preclinical Validation
Prototype under 3mm thick integrated flexible pH and temperature sensors with thermoresponsive antibiotic delivery. pH 5.5–6.5 signals healthy healing; above 6.5 triggers antibiotic release. Validated in vitro, demonstrating autonomous detect-and-treat capability.
2017 — Flexible pH Sensing Smart Bandage with Wireless CMOS Readout
IEEE / Tufts Nano Lab · Clinical Sensing Capability
Wireless, battery-free CMOS readout integrated with a flexible pH sensor patch demonstrated continuous chronic wound monitoring — directly enabling the connectivity layer of the Nexilis platform.
Credentials: NSF CAREER Award · Distinguished Innovator of the Year, Tufts 2025 · UKRI UK-US Pioneers Breakthrough Award 2026 · Fellow, AIMBE & Senior Member, NAI · Harvard Medical School Visiting Associate Professor
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