Sprayable Foam Stops Internal Bleeding
October 6, 2015 | Terry Sharrer
Have you ever used a spray-on foam insulation to fill a gap around windows or doors? If so, you have a feeling for a material developed at the University of Maryland which can be sprayed inside the body to stop hemorrhage without compression. The foam is an ampliphillic biopolymer, hydrophobically modified chitosan (a polysaccharide). The result is a self supporting gel. MORE WITH DYNAMIC PICTURES
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