Magic Bandage Developed to Heal Burn Wounds
Chinese scientists have found the best solution to the problem of blood leakage during surgery during the treatment of severe burn wounds
Chinese scientists have found the best solution to the problem of blood leakage during surgery during the treatment of severe burn wounds.
Researchers from the Shenzhen Institute of Advanced Technology and Ruijin Hospital have developed a bandage for these wounds from a material called bacterial cellulose (which can pass air and is not harmful to the body).
This is not a simple bandage, but they have added thrombin, the natural enzyme of the blood-clotting body, to make this bandage a bioactive bandage from bacterial fabric.
Since thrombin alone cannot stick to the bandage for a long time, to solve this problem, scientists have also added a ‘biological glue tag’ that will lock thrombin into the bandage. To apply thrombin to the bandage, it must be dipped in a special solution.
The study, published in Advanced Materials, found that the thrombin-impregnated bandage had remarkable results. It stopped bleeding within 60 seconds, was compatible with human skin, and even gave the body signals to activate its own healing mechanisms.
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