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MIT claims to have made a bold step in the battle against bleeding with an innovation announced just this week.
Researchers have developed a portable sponge that does the work of a previously-used medical technology reliant on thrombin, the chemical our body naturally produces to stem bleeding. For some time now, we have had access to the agent in liquid form, but portability issues were prohibitive. Hospitals do have ready access to thrombin, but they must soak sponges in the compound first before administering it to a wound.
Now researchers at MIT have developed a work-around, so that sponges are ready-made to administer to wounds. These sponges use a "spray-on biological nanoscale coating", which consists of multiple layers both of thrombin and tannic acid, which is film that holds the thrombin to the sponge. Moreover, this thrombin has "a shelf life that makes it feasible to pack them into a field." This means soldiers will now have access to thrombin, as opposed to tourniquets, gauze, and other glues and chemically treated bandages, which have all suffered from serious limitations. This also means we may have access to thrombin in our homes.
The FDA has already approved the invention. MIT is now looking to create a thrombin sponge with an antibiotic layer as well to kill two birds with one stone.
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