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Light-Activated Sutures for War Wounds

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ARLINGTON, Va., Sept. 13 , 2010 — A new, light-activated nanosuture technology known as photochemical tissue bonding may soon facilitate more effective treatment of traumatic battlefield injuries sustained by Airmen. Developed as a result of research managed by Air Force Research Laboratory and funded by the Office of the Secretary of Defense, the new method for treating war wounds provides an alternative to conventional sutures, staples and glues in repairing skin wounds and reconnecting incisions and severed peripheral nerves, blood vessels, and tendons in the cornea. A series of successful bench-level lab...Read full article

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    Published: September 2010
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    nano
    An SI prefix meaning one billionth (10-9). Nano can also be used to indicate the study of atoms, molecules and other structures and particles on the nanometer scale. Nano-optics (also referred to as nanophotonics), for example, is the study of how light and light-matter interactions behave on the nanometer scale. See nanophotonics.
    AmericasBiophotonicsdefenseDr. Irene KochevarHarvard Medical Schoolinjured tissueLight Sourceslight-activated nanostructure technologyMassachusetts General Hospitalnanonanostructure bondingphotochemcial tissue bondingreconnecting incisionsrepairing skin woundsResearch & TechnologyRobert Redmondsuturestraumatic battlefield injuriestreating war woundsVirginia

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