Smart Wound Care Products Market Size, Share, Growth, Trends, and Global Industry Analysis: By Product Type (Wound Dressings, Bandages, Others), By Material Type (Smart Polymers, Textile-Based), By Distribution Channel (Hospitals, Clinics, Homecare Settings, E-Commerce) and Region Forecast 2020-2031

Smart Wound Care Products Market size was valued at 2.7 billion in 2024 and is expected to reach 3.8 billion by 2031, at a significant CAGR of 4.9% from 2025-2031. The market are sterile compressor pads which is applied to a wound to help promote healing and protect from further harm. Apart from promoting healing, wound care products help in clotting to stop bleeding, absorb excessive fluids, wound debridement, etc. Smart care products are an advanced wound care method that avoids the manual removal of care products and physical inspection of wounds to promote further care of the patient.

These smart wound care products help in monitoring patient wound conditions like temperature, pH, and moisture. With these wound care products, healthcare professionals can be alerted to the possible presence of infections or other healing issues through the wireless network. These smart wound devices avert possible infections by sending alert signals via electronic transmission of signals or changing the color of the care products. Players in the smart wound care research arena collaborate with research institutes and innovation centers to come up with innovative products for smart wound care. For instance, in 2015, Holst Centre teamed up with Ireland's leading ICT research center, Tyndall National Institute (Cork), and medical equipment provider Fleming Medical (Limerick) to develop the world's first commercially available smart care products for use in futuristic wound care applications. Other players developing self-regulating care products with smart polymers to fasten the healing process. For instance, OSNovative Systems, Inc. developed ENLUXTRA, a smart wound care product is the first and only self-regulating super-absorbent fiber wound care product with the highest adaptive absorbency and built-in adaptive hydration function.

Key Development

• In March 2020, Smith+Nephew, the global medical technology business, announced the US launch of the new PICO 14 Single Use Negative Pressure Wound Therapy System (sNPWT) which has a pump duration of up to 14 days. The new pump builds on the features and advantages of previous PICO sNPWT variants, and comes with an enhanced pump which requires less user intervention.
• In January 2020, Convatec Group Plc (Convatec), a leading global medical technology company, announced the release of ConvaMax the NEW superabsorber dressing distributed by Convatec. The global superabsorber market is currently greater than $100m growing at +7%. ConvaMax superabsorber wound dressing is used for the management of highly exuding wounds, including leg ulcers, pressure ulcers, diabetic foot ulcers and dehisced surgical wounds.