journal article·2025-08Open access

Emerging Bioprinting for Wound Healing

Zijian Wang, Xiao Liang, Guanyi Wang, Xinghuan Wang, Yun Chen

Advanced Materials· Volume 37· Issue 31

Abstract

Abstract Bioprinting has attracted much attention due to its suitability for fabricating biomedical devices. In particular, bioprinting has become one of the growing centers in the field of wound healing, with various types of bioprinted devices being developed, including 3D scaffolds, microneedle patches, and flexible electronics. Bioprinted devices can be designed with specific biostructures and biofunctions that closely match the shape of wound sites and accelerate the regeneration of skin through various approaches. Herein, a comprehensive review of the bioprinting of smart wound dressings is presented, emphasizing the crucial effect of bioprinting in determining biostructures and biofunctions. The review begins with an overview of bioprinting techniques and bioprinted devices, followed with an in‐depth discussion of polymer‐based inks, modification strategies, additive ingredients, properties, and applications. The strategies for the modification of bioprinted devices are divided into seven categories, including chemical synthesis of novel inks, physical blending, coaxial bioprinting, multimaterial bioprinting, physical absorption, chemical immobilization, and hybridization with living cells, and examples are presented. Thereafter, the frontiers of bioprinting and wound healing, including 4D bioprinting, artificial intelligence‐assisted bioprinting, and in situ bioprinting, are discussed from a perspective of interdisciplinary sciences. Finally, the current challenges and future prospects in this field are highlighted.
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Research context

OpenAlex topics: 3D Printing in Biomedical Research · Wound Healing and Treatments · Planarian Biology and Electrostimulation

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Affiliations

Department of Biomedical Engineering Hubei Province Key Laboratory of Allergy and Immune Related Disease TaiKang Medical School (School of Basic Medical Sciences) Wuhan University Wuhan 430071 China

Department of Urology Hubei Province Key Laboratory of Urinary System Diseases Cancer Precision Diagnosis and Treatment and Translational Medicine Hubei Engineering Research Center Zhongnan Hospital of Wuhan University Wuhan 430071 China

Funding

Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities

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