U.S. invents a powerful medical bandage with waterproof features
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Last Update: 2020-07-04
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Source: Internet
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, drawing on the kohken's powerful foot adhesion, MIT professor Robert Langer and Harvard Medical School's Jeff Capley have developed a powerful medical bandage that is waterproof and is expected to be widely used in surgery and wound repair, according to U.Smedia reportsThey reportedly used computer technology to "carve" the high and low ups and lows of the bottom of the simulated gecko's palm on the bandage surface, greatly enhancing the adhesion of the bandagePreviously, there have also been research institutions to develop a viscose to simulate the adhesion of the gecko foot palm, but can only be used in dry environmentsThe invention of bandages can be used inheart,bladder,lung tissue and other "wet" environmentTo enhance the adhesion"wet" environment,researchers added a thin layer of "sugar glue" to the surface of the bandageAccording to the results of the experiment in the animal's large intestine,,"sugar glue" doubled the adhesion of the bandagethe bandage spenton surgery,prevent fluid or blood
leakage from surgery,without causing inflammation or toxic side effects, Langer saidThis bandage is made of bio-rubber and can be biodegradable automatically even if it remains in the bodyThe study was published In the Journal of the National Academy of Sciences on Wednesday
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