Sometime next year a simple visit to the doctor for an injury will be enough for the doctor to monitor the progress of your healing remotely. A new startup Toumaz Technology (Abingdon, U.K.) has developed a wireless bandage that monitors your vital signs, a large U.S. health care company is said to be working with Toumaz, aiming to field the silicon-backed band-aids in a hospital setting before the end of 2009. Other giants include GE and Philips are said to have similar projects in the lab. The chip aims to have a 5-7 day life based on a printed zinc battery that measures about 10 cm-squared. The chip can interface to sensors for an electrocardiogram, a three-axis accelerometer, as well as blood glucose, ph-level and pressure monitors. It can only measure from one sensor at a time but does have a capability to switch between three sensors.

Just how this chip is to be used is still to be determined; however for now getting a wound will require you to monitor it all on your own.

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