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A strongly adhesive hemostatic hydrogel for the repair of arterial and heart bleeds

Authors :
Yi Hong
Feifei Zhou
Yujie Hua
Xianzhu Zhang
Chengyao Ni
Dihao Pan
Yiqing Zhang
Deming Jiang
Long Yang
Qiuning Lin
Yiwei Zou
Dongsheng Yu
David E. Arnot
Xiaohui Zou
Linyong Zhu
Shufang Zhang
Hongwei Ouyang
Source :
Nature Communications, Vol 10, Iss 1, Pp 1-11 (2019)
Publication Year :
2019
Publisher :
Nature Portfolio, 2019.

Abstract

Uncontrollable bleeding is a major problem in surgery and after trauma. Here the authors design a photo-reactive adhesive that mimics the composition of connective tissue and is able to stop high pressure bleeding within half a minute.

Subjects

Subjects :
Science

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
20411723
Volume :
10
Issue :
1
Database :
Directory of Open Access Journals
Journal :
Nature Communications
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
edsdoj.47856640c73d4cf9b84c662350a35744
Document Type :
article
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-10004-7