Currently wounds and cuts are closed using silk sutures or small plastic and metal clasps, but their marks can remain forever and in certain cases cause long-term inconvenience for patients. To avoid them, in cosmetic surgery special adhesives are often used to hold the tissues together, but they tend to make body with the skin and sometimes present toxicity.
Researchers from the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology have created a soft biocompatible glue and a special glue gun that can quickly and easily close wounds without side effects.
Surgical glue is made up of modified molecules of (take a breath) polycaprolactone, a biocompatible material that melts at low temperatures and remains soft even at room temperature. Just like silicone guns, the material is inserted like a stick inside the device and then “shot” into the wound. It is just that: a glue for suturing wounds.
An interesting aspect: the density of the "bio glue" can also be modified during preparation to vary its fluidity and density characteristics, to adapt to the patient's skin type or the type of wound.
The first in vitro and in vivo experiments (on animals) of suturing with glue showed complete biocompatibility, safety and efficacy.
Here is the research published in the journal Advanced Functional Materials.
