This Glove Massages Edema Patients’ Hands

The therapeutic wearable consists of machine-knit substrate that encloses shape memory alloy springs.

Cornell
Cornell

According to a recent Medgadget article, a team of medical engineers from Cornell University has developed a knitted glove that could help treat hand edema, a condition that results in swelling of the hands due to fluid accumulation. Currently, manual edema massage performed by a trained healthcare worker is the standard treatment, but it’s expensive, time-consuming, and inconvenient for patients. 

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