French Startup Uses Special Polymers to Better Help Nerves Heal
French startup Tissium has developed a light-activated biopolymer liquid designed to help heal peripheral nerve injuries. Clinical trials showed improved patient outcomes compared to traditional micro-sutures.
Why it matters
This innovation offers a less traumatic and more consistent surgical method for repairing nerve damage, potentially improving long-term recovery for patients.
Photograph: Thai Liang Lim/Getty Images Comment Loader Save Story Save this story Comment Loader Save Story Save this story Roughly 500,000 Americans suffer nerve injuries that require treatment each year, whether from an errant attempt to hack out an avocado pit or an unfortunate woodworking accident. Many will never get full feeling back in their fingers. But a startup has developed a thick and sticky liquid that could change that, and it s begun deploying it with surgeons in the US.
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