Air Force investigates Super Healing Lasers to Cure War Injuries
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[quote]The U.S. Air Force may soon use light to treat battlefield wounds.
The process is called “photochemical tissue bonding,” and it can replace the stitches, staples and glues normally used to repair skin wounds. It can reconnect nerves, tendons, blood vessels and even corneal incisions.
Led by Harvard Medical School professors Irene Kochevar and Robert Redmond, researchers at Massachusetts General Hospital recently completed a pilot clinical study of the technology, which was first announced in 2009, to determine how effective laser sutures were compared to traditional stitches.
“We have demonstrated that this technology is very helpful in medicine for the Air Force because it produces better healing and functional outcomes than the same wounds that were treated with conventional materials,” Kochevar said in a statement. Here’s how it works: First, a pink dye called Rose Bengal is applied to the wound or damaged tissue. Then the wound is exposed briefly to green light, which is absorbed by the dye.
That absorption, which excites electrons and causes crosslinking, allows it to bond proteins on the tissue surface at a molecular level, reconnecting collagen without heating the skin.
The benefits are many:
-The process uses no proteins or glues that could cause additional inflammation.
-The nanostitches are immediate.
-The nanosutures are water-tight.
-Because of the seal, there is better scar formation.
-There’s no reason to return to the doctor for removal of stitches because there are none.
The researchers are currently investigating how to shorten the treatment time and strengthen the bond in anticipation for use in the field.[/quote]
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Attach the laser to a robot, and we've got awesome medical droids. :smile:
I think you're a tad bit late.
[QUOTE=Superginger;22081895]awesome medical droids. :smile:[/QUOTE]
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Fuck yes no more stiches.
Heck yes, Star Wars style.
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Hold still while I suture your wounds!
Point it at someone's eye
Out of curiosity why is the [B]Air force[/B] researching this?
Isn't this more the armies sort of thing, since you know in the army you get shot at.
A lot.
This is where the military advances science, finding something that they can use and pouring money into it until it's viable. That's the only thing they are good for.
I hate getting excited about all these technological advances because you never hear from them again.
Strap it to a plane and have healing from above.
[QUOTE=bravehat;22081966]Out of curiosity why is the [B]Air force[/B] researching this?
Isn't this more the armies sort of thing, since you know in the army you get shot at.
A lot.[/QUOTE]
I don't care who researches it, as long as it's being researched. This is a breakthrough treatment. :smile:
Next the Medigun from TF2 will be real.
I there any problem that can't be solved with lasers? :science:
That sounds great, I might be able to recover from nerve damage now.
i give you
the future
Do you want to cast [b]lvl.4[/b] Cure Critical Wounds on: Soldier?
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[QUOTE=markg06;22082012]Strap it to a plane and have healing from above.[/QUOTE]
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[QUOTE=StupidUsername67;22083064]Reminds me of Star Trek.[/QUOTE]
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That thing.
I think the ideal way for this would be a helicopter that follows the army.
"It can reconnect nerves, tendons, blood vessels".
No more permanently disabled limbs. One hell of a lot fewer amputations.
[QUOTE=markg06;22082012]Strap it to a plane and have healing from above.[/QUOTE]
Shit they cut medics from StarCraft II, marines we're fucked.
Incoming Medivac! Thank the Air Force!
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That thing.[/QUOTE]
Dermal regenerator.
Welcome to the the future
Long distance quantum teleportation, synthetic cells and now healing lasers all in a week.
2010 is going to be a great year for science.
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