Category
Lifestyle
Assisted Choices
Trend cluster
Category
High-Tech
Protection
Wound care gets a multifunctional re-design with unique tech features.
3.1
Trend score
Trend
What is the High-Tech Protection trend?
High-Tech Protection: Moving beyond physical protection, wound care products are integrating elements of technology for unique added benefits.Transforming bandages and sutures into items that can track patient recovery and detect potential diseases, health practitioners are using technology to help change the way patients, and everyday consumers, maintain their health. This speaks to a need to transform routine health products into items that can give consumers more value and information, especially in the long run.
Trend themes
Themes within the High-Tech Protection trend
Three behaviours holding the trend together01
Health Tech Integration
Integrating technology into traditional health products is providing unique added benefits.
02
Smart Bandages
Developing smart bandages with unique features is transforming the way we approach wound care.
03
Data-Driven Medicines
The collection and transmission of wound healing data through technology is changing how the medical field takes care of wounds.
Industry implications
What the High-Tech Protection trend means for industry
Where the trend changes the playbookFor
Medical Industry
The medical industry can view these trends as opportunities to develop unique tools to better heal and care for patients.
For
Technology Industry
The technology industry can use these trends as opportunities to further innovate within the health space, developing more intelligent devices.
For
Consumer Goods Industry
The consumer goods industry could explore utilizing this technology to develop more practical, data-driven health products for everyday consumers.
Workshop question
How can your brand integrate its products/services in a way that is accessible, and could potentially be part of your customers' daily routines?
Trend signals
Trend signals for High-Tech Protection
Trend score 3.1 out of 10, from popularity 45%, activity 40%, freshness 8%.
Popularity45%
Activity40%
Freshness8%
Audience
50%Men
50%Women
- Gen Alpha (not a primary audience)
- Gen Z
- Millennial
- Gen X
- Boomer
Market
North America
Europe
Asia-Pacific
South America
Africa
Evidence
Examples of the High-Tech Protection trend
5 featured examples from Mar 19, 2015 to Jul 7, 2017CategoryTech
Sickness-Detecting Bandaids
This Liquid Bandaid Design Checks Wounds for Diseases Using Colors
Opportunity for the healthcare industry to integrate high-tech bandages into wound care protocols for early detection and prevention of infections.
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Data-Driven Medicines
'Smart Sutures' Can Collect and Send Data About Patient Recovery
The innovative technology behind smart sutures can revolutionize biomedical industries, improving patient care and fostering innovations in implants, wound care, and more.
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Bedsore-Detecting Smart Bandages
Thee Smart Bandages Could Help Prevent Pressure Wounds
The healthcare industry can adopt smart bandages to enhance patient care, prevent pressure wounds, and improve overall health monitoring.
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Fluorescent Smart Bandages
These Smart Glowing Bandages Indicate How a Wound is Healing
Disruptive innovation opportunity: Integrating smart bandages and wearable healthcare technology into medical practices to improve patient care and monitoring.
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Infection-Thwarting Bandages
These High-Tech Bandages Prevent Microbial Breeding
Opportunity for disruptive innovation in the medical supplies industry by developing bandages with advanced infection-fighting capabilities.
