Nanohealing Substance Stops Bleeding Almost Instantly
Blood stopper: The clear fluid in this dish transforms into a gel in the presence of blood; such a gel can stops bleeding almost instantly. Credit: Asia Kepka
A new nanostructured material that stops bleeding almost immediately was first developed by MIT under the supervision of Floyd Loop a current advisor to Arch Therapeutics and former cardiovascular surgeon.
The new substance is called Arch Therapeutic and can be poured over a bleeding site and will stop it at once instantly. Loop said this material would help surgeons stop heavy bleeding as quickly as possible during surgeries such as brain, heart, and prostate.
For example, he says that when large tumors are removed, “there’s a lot of diffuse bleeding around the site, and you have to spend a lot of time with sponges and cautery stopping it.”
This new breakthrough in surgical technology would reduce any complication might occur during and after the procedure, since itcan also prevent bleeding from the beginning. In additional it would reduce the risk of infection; for instance, to prevent leakage after bowel-repair surgery. “I’ve never seen anything like it,” Loop says.
The material consists of naturally occurring amino acids that have been engineered to form peptides that spontaneously cluster together to create long fibers when exposed to salty, aqueous environments, such as those found in the body. The fibers form a mesh that serves as a physical barrier to blood and other fluids. Technology review
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