News Finding: Gecko Biomedical will be testing the glue product in humans later this year.
Paper Finding: With our catheter-based device, an elastic biodegradable adhesive can provide adequate tissue fixation that is amenable to healing and growing tissues, for instance, in the pediatric population.
News Context: Further studies will reveal the appropriate lengths of time for different circumstances. Gecko Biomedical will be testing the glue product in humans later this year. "Our collaboration across hospitals and institutions to find new and minimally invasive applications for this glue in clinical settings is a great multi-disciplinary example," Karp said.
Paper Context: For interfacing with the clinic, the entire procedure can be visualized and monitored with two-and three-dimensional ultrasound or endoscopic guidance. With our catheter-based device, an elastic biodegradable adhesive can provide adequate tissue fixation that is amenable to healing and growing tissues, for instance, in the pediatric population. The device remains in the body for less than 5 min, and no long-term adverse device-related complications were seen in preliminary in vivo testing in rodents (100% survival rate).