Rapid prototyping for medical treatment - Zinc and Iron Nanoparticles Inside Burn Wound Pads
Channel: nanofunction
Date: 03/11/2014

Burn wounds are very painful and take a very long time to heal. Conventional treatment of burns implies exchange of wound coverages several times per day. By pulsed laser ablation of a metal plate in a water-based monomer solution and simultaneous polymerization, nanoparticles are permanently embedded in a polymer matrix, called microgel. Using electrospinning, these microgels can be easily processed to microfibers for the application as ion-release systems. The release of different bioactive metal ions initiated by the nanoparticles, supports all healing stages and therefore improving the healing process. This video demonstrates an easy and fast method for rapid prototyping of medical treatment devices.

Research webpage see: http://www.uni-due.de/barcikowski/forschen.htm

Video Source: 
http://www.beilstein.tv/tvpost/laser-rapid-prototyping-of-bioactive-materials-for-medical-treatment/

The principal investigators acknowledge the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) for generous founding of the Schwerpunktprogramm 1327.