Viscoelastically active sutures – A stitch in time?
- Submitting institution
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The University of Hull
- Unit of assessment
- 12 - Engineering
- Output identifier
- 3672617
- Type
- D - Journal article
- DOI
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10.1016/j.msec.2020.111695
- Title of journal
- Materials Science and Engineering: C
- Article number
- 111695
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- Volume
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- ISSN
- 0928-4931
- Open access status
- Compliant
- Month of publication
- November
- Year of publication
- 2020
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- Output has been delayed by COVID-19
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- Forensic science
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- Criminology
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- Interdisciplinary
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- Number of additional authors
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1
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- Proposed double-weighted
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- Reserve for an output with double weighting
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- Additional information
- These first findings from viscoelastically prestressed surgical sutures confirm previous speculation that recovering polymeric filaments gradually release trapped electric charges. This charge release is associated with a notable increase in human skin cell motility which continues to accompany the viscoelastic recovery over a period of several weeks. Consequently, these sutures are expected to stimulate quicker wound healing, with no detriment to suture integrity. Patent application WO2019/175297 describes this application of viscoelastic energy storage to surgical sutures and wound healing. Discussions are underway with J&J Innovation to take the work further (Imran Hamid, IHamid@its.jnj.com)
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- Non-English
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