A Biomaterial for Preventing Uncontrolled Bleeding (IMAGE)

Brigham and Women's Hospital

A Biomaterial for Preventing Uncontrolled Bleeding

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This is an image highlighting the injectability of the biomaterial through a catheter. The biomaterial can maintain its shape upon injection, only becoming liquid after a force is applied. Inset is a zoomed image of the shear-thinning biomaterial extruded from the catheter tip.

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Ali Khademhosseini, Brigham and Women's Hospital

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