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ArticleNPJ digital medicine2025

Smartphone administered pulsed radio frequency energy therapy for expedited cutaneous wound healing.

Mengxia Yu, Hongjia Yang, Haoteng Ye, Shuhuang Lin, Yujie Lu, Haoqiang Deng, Lulu Xu, Yongxin Guo, John S Ho, Terry Tao Ye

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Article in NPJ digital medicine, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Mengxia YuDepartment of Electrical and Computer Engineering, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0973-7952
Hongjia YangDepartment of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen, China.
Haoteng YeDepartment of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0002-2961-9627
Shuhuang LinSchool of Medicine, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen, China.
Yujie LuDepartment of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen, China.
Haoqiang DengDepartment of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen, China.
Lulu XuThe Wolfson School of Mechanical, Electrical and Manufacturing Engineering, Loughborough University, Loughborough, UK.
Yongxin GuoDepartment of Electrical Engineering, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China. yongxin.guo@nus.edu.sg.
John S HoDepartment of Electrical and Computer Engineering, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore. johnho@nus.edu.sg.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9458-9033
Terry Tao YeDepartment of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen, China. yet@sustech.edu.cn.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4359-3550

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Abstract

Pulsed radio frequency energy (PRFE) therapy is a non-invasive, electromagnetic field-based treatment modality successfully used in clinical applications. However, conventional PRFE devices are often bulky, expensive, and require extended treatment durations, limiting patient adherence and efficacy. Here, we present a lightweight, cost-effective wearable PRFE system consisting of a flexible electronic bandage and a smartphone. The bandage, mainly composed of an NFC Frequency Doubler (NFD) and a Radiofrequency Energy Radiator (RER), is powered and administered by the smartphone to generate 27.12 MHz radio wave pulses, for simplified, smartphone-enabled PRFE therapy. Its ultra-flexible, battery-free design supports personalized wound care at a low-cost (<US$1). Both electromagnetic field simulation and measurement demonstrated that the proposed PRFE bandage achieves the field strength of clinical-grade PRFE equipment. In rat full-thickness wound models, PRFE therapy improved wound closure rates by ~20%, with enhanced re-epithelialization and angiogenesis compared to controls.

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