Accession Number:
ADA626217
Title:
Self-Expanding, Tough Biodegradable Elastomers for Wound Stasis
Descriptive Note:
Final rept. 1 Jul 2010-31 Mar 2014
Corporate Author:
ARSENAL MEDICAL INC WATERTOWN MA
Personal Author(s):
Report Date:
2015-08-06
Pagination or Media Count:
30.0
Abstract:
Noncompressible abdominal bleeding is a significant cause of preventable death on the battlefield and in the civilian setting, with no effective therapies available at point of injury. We previously reported that a self-expanding polyurethane foam significantly improved survival in a lethal hepatoportal injury model of massive venous hemorrhage. In this study, we hypothesized that foam treatment could improve survival in a lethal iliac artery injury model in noncoagulopathic swine.
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Subject Categories:
- Anatomy and Physiology
- Medicine and Medical Research
- Plastics
- Biomedical Instrumentation and Bioengineering