Abstract
Conference Title: 2016 IEEE Middle East Conference on Antennas and Propagation (MECAP) Conference Start Date: 2016, Sept. 20 Conference End Date: 2016, Sept. 22 Conference Location: Beirut, Lebanon Chronic wounds affect millions of patients around the world and requires a major portion of health care budget for treatment. In this article, we present an unprecedented low cost continuous wireless monitoring system, realized through inkjet printing on a standard bandage strip, which can send early warnings as well as record long term wound progression data. The smart bandage can communicate upto a distance of 60 m when worn on the body.