ClozeX 123 Demo Basic application
If you’ve ever sustained an open wound that requires a little more force to close than a regular bandage, you may have come across butterfly closures. These adhesive bandages can be used to close small wounds by pulling the skin on both sides of the break together and then holding them in place. Their big advantage compared to sutures is the fact that they are easier to care for and reduce the risk of scars.
Well, switch to Steri-Strips – because there’s a new solution in town, and it’s damn convenient!
Called ClozeX, it is a needle-free, adhesive-based wound closure that is incredibly easy to apply and can be used to treat wounds from trauma and surgical incisions. It has reportedly been used in more than 10,000 surgeries at fifty hospitals — including appendectomy, hernia surgery and pediatric heart surgery. Eleven different sizes are available, and they can be placed next to each other in situations where larger fasteners are needed.
“Real-world applications include closing surgical incisions in every hospital,” Michael Lebner, founder of ClozeX Medical, told Digital Trends. “For the emergency department, patients—especially children—who are afraid of needles can have a better ClozeX closure without the fear of an anesthetic needle and thread closure. Because it is easy to learn and use, there will be significant use outside of hospitals. It starts with trained healthcare professionals: medics, emergency services, nurses [and] EMTs and will become the standard in mini-clinics.”
Lebner, who is not a trained physician, created ClozeX after his daughter suffered a knee injury while snowboarding and his wife suffered a hand laceration: both resulted in ugly-looking scars after being stitched up. After that, he turned his inventive skills to devising an alternative. Since then, development has been a decade-long process, though Lebner said the resulting product is ready for the general public.
“We expect [the] The ClozeX product will be available in about eight weeks,” he said. Information about product prices, training and the like will follow in the coming days and weeks. Between this, 3D printed skin and smart bandages that use nanosensors to monitor wound healing, it’s like an emergency room from the future.
Provided ClozeX works as well as it looks, this could prove to be a real game changer. At the very least, we have this strangely satisfying video for you to enjoy!
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Source: newstars.edu.vn