Spraygel is a sprayable polymer based system for adhesion prevention. Approved outside the USA its US trial has been delayed over a bumpy road. The system works by taking 2 liquids sprayed into the abdominal cavity at laparoscopy. The liquids react forming a PEG hydrogel. Think of foam spray insulation. The stuff makes a coating on organ surfaces preventing scar tissue formation. What’s more exciting is the potential to combine this with a drug delivery system
See dental development post below for another idea on this.
Related Articles
1 user responded in this post
[…] What’s next in health reported on a new system to prevent tooth disease. Not much could be duller than dental disease right? Wrong! This has huge implications for drug delivery system development. I can see using systems like this to embed drugs in the abdominal or pelvic cavities. There are sprayable polymers already– create one to release slowly drugs and the possibilities are endless. These include andiadhesion agents, chemotherapy, fertility enhancers or contraceptives etc. Easily introduced through laparoscopic surgery. The idea of a drug resevoir inside body cavities has never been fully developed. This is a step forward. See spraygel post for another related drug delivery idea. « Update From SLS-2: Natural Orifice Surgery-The Somach Burstor from Alien is Hottest New Procedure- video of concept | Sprayable Polymer System- Antiadhesion Now But in the Future… (video) » […]
Leave A Reply
Please Note: Comment moderation maybe active so there is no need to resubmit your comments