FORT WORTH, Texas, Oct. 1, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Wound Management Technologies, Inc. (OTCQB: WNDM | WNDM.PK), a Fort Worth, Texas healthcare company, announced today their first application of their ...

Engineers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have developed a strong, double-sided adhesive that can be stuck and unstuck as needed, even when wet—which could give surgeons a new tool to ...

A staple on any engineer's workbench, duct tape is a quick and dependable fix for cracks and tears in many structural materials. MIT engineers have now developed a kind of surgical duct tape - a ...

A surgical wound is a cut or incision in the skin that is usually made by a scalpel during surgery. A surgical wound can also be the result of a drain placed during surgery. Surgical wounds vary ...

Barnacles’ ability to cling to wet, slimy surfaces causes headaches for the maritime industry, but it could be a boon to medicine. Inspired by barnacle glue, a team of researchers from MIT and ...

Surgeons use surgical staples to close an incision after surgery as an alternative option to sutures. They are quick and easy to use and typically have a low risk of infection. During most surgical ...

Surgical staples are used to close incisions after surgery. Staples may be a better option in some cases than stitches or sutures. Unlike stitches, surgical staples don’t dissolve as your incision or ...

Engineers have designed a super-strong, detachable adhesive that may someday replace surgical sutures. Last year, MIT engineers developed a double-sided adhesive that could quickly and firmly stick to ...

If you've ever attempted to stick a butterfly bandage to freshly sanitized skin—or, say, tried to tape together a beach ball covered in salty ocean water—you know the limitations of adhesives. Water ...

Inspired by a sticky substance spiders use to catch prey, engineers designed a double-sided tape that can rapidly seal tissues together. This adhesive may eventually be used in place of surgical ...