The Center for Military Biomaterials Research (CeMBR) which is part of the New Jersey Center for Biomaterials at Rutgers University has developed literally a spray bandage, it was and still is intended for military use, a dual syringe system that has two plymers that when they are mixed they react rapidly and form a gel "dressing" that supposedly "conforms to the geometry of the wound and adheres to intact skin but not the injured tissue" it also resists abrasian.
So in layman's terms this company called Bio Cure Inc has developed a spray that does more than traditional gauze bandages, to be used for military first aid, it was meant to be so easy that a soldier could treat themselves if they needed to. There has also been talk about civilian uses in the future. This idea has been in the works for some time now, it has just recently been approved by the Food and Drug Adminitration.
But wait there's more! Supposedly Bio Cure has been talking about medicated versions of the spray to fight off infection and to stop severe bleeding form lacerations. This is a huge leap forward in the world of medicine. This will exponentially help burn victims. And when used on the front lines it will save soldiers lives, especially because it can be administered by the wounded, so if someone was stranded and bleeding out, if they had this spray, they would be alright if the wound wasn't too severe.
There has been no talk of when this magical spray will be available to the public, nor has there been any discussion of how much it will cost, or relative availability. I could not find what these two polymers were made of. There can only be speculation about when us civilian common folk will be able to see this, it is certain that it will not be for a few years.
Joachim Kohn is a principal investigator of CeMBR and the Board of Governers Professor of Chemistry at Rutgers University, he said the collaborated work between the military, Bio Cure, and Rutgers to get it to pass the FDA approval took about three and a half years.
All we know is that when this becomes availible to the public, it will forever change medicine, it has been speculated that the gel can be used to treat diabetic ulcers, ostomies, and post-operation wounds. More or less the sky is the limit with this gel solution, it certainly will revolutionize first aid care and medicine as we know it.
Although there was not much information that you could find out about these bandages, I thought that it was very interesting to see that they could even make this. Liz had asked the same question in class that I was wondering.. is it easy to take these bandages off if the person needed to because of an infection or anything?
ReplyDeleteI think this is such an awesome and useful discovery being discussed! The fact that we could spray on bandages (like in the middle of combat or war) and have our wounds temporarily healed is so advanced and impressive because it would help people sustain healthy bodies by covering and protecting their wounds in the meantime. I thought this was such a good post, and a great find. I hope they can further their studies and come up with an actual dispersion of these products soon.
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