If all goes well during veterinary trials, a gel that stops bleeding in 10 seconds may soon be ready for human testing in military and trauma spaces, according to a report from Fast Company Coexist.
The product, Veti-Gel, was conceived and created by Joe Landolina, a freshman student at New York University in 2011, who discovered a substance that stops internal and external bleeding in a short period of time without the application of pressure. Mr. Landolina is now marketing the product to veterinarians through his company created around the innovation, Suneris.
Veti-Gel consists of a synthetic extracellular matrix, which stores proteins, sugars and other biological building blocks, which arrange themselves to take on the properties of whatever biological substance to which the gel is applied. The gel also promotes the production of fiber, which is vital to the clotting process.
If the gel gains approval for use in the military and trauma spaces, it will launch in the surgical market, where it could have applications as diverse as stopping bleeding during vascular surgery to saving lives in the case of severe liver trauma, according to Mr. Landolina.
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The product, Veti-Gel, was conceived and created by Joe Landolina, a freshman student at New York University in 2011, who discovered a substance that stops internal and external bleeding in a short period of time without the application of pressure. Mr. Landolina is now marketing the product to veterinarians through his company created around the innovation, Suneris.
Veti-Gel consists of a synthetic extracellular matrix, which stores proteins, sugars and other biological building blocks, which arrange themselves to take on the properties of whatever biological substance to which the gel is applied. The gel also promotes the production of fiber, which is vital to the clotting process.
If the gel gains approval for use in the military and trauma spaces, it will launch in the surgical market, where it could have applications as diverse as stopping bleeding during vascular surgery to saving lives in the case of severe liver trauma, according to Mr. Landolina.
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