Chilean scientist creates implant for futurist surgeries
A pool of experts, including a Chilean researcher, are developing an implant that can be of great relevance in future interventions
Enrique Cerda, the mastermind of the University of Santiago and leader of the project, explained that the implant is designed based on a special silicone, which considers a wrinkled film that imitates the arteries. The prototype obtained minimal platelet adhesion compared to existing implants.
The proposal published in the journal Nature Physics, is an artificial prototype blood vessel consisting of a tube with a surface that mimics what is observed in arteries and veins of the body.
The clots in the body can stick to the surface of an implant or stent and generate thrombi that clog the blood vessel. However, in a healthy circulatory system there is a non-stick mechanism in the arteries and veins of the organism, which by means of the presence of wrinkles or folds, remove the adhesions on the surface.
Enrique Cerda maintains that the implant has a folded inner surface that is calibrated so that in each pulse the folds appear and disappear in order to give it an anti-adhesive capacity.
For the moment, it has been demonstrated in the laboratory that the implant works when used with real blood, although a long process must still go through until it reaches the patients. However, the University of Pittsburgh and the University of Santiago are already thinking of developing the system.
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Source: FayerWayer
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