but the role of skin damage and loss of barrier function seen with adhesive removal in the neonatal patient [24] may have a role in the pathogenesis of contact irritant dermatitis to medical ...

Background: Medical adhesive bandages are extensively used in both inpatient and outpatient medicine. However, few reports describing proven allergic contact dermatitis (ACD) from medical adhesive ...

In this interview, Shira Weiner describes the features and benefits of medical-grade adhesives for medical device manufacturing. What are some of the characteristics of medical-grade adhesives?

The increased awareness about wound care and the blossoming technological environment have fuelled demand for medical adhesive tapes that help in faster healing promoting patient comfort.

Mark W. Grinstaff, a professor of biomedical engineering at Boston University who was not involved in the study, called the work “a significant breakthrough in medical adhesive research” that ...

To stop the bleeding, doctors often apply pressure to the wound and seal the site with medical glue. But what happens when applying pressure is difficult or could make things worse? Or the surface ...

“There’s a big push towards medical adhesives because the gecko foot and those adhesive pads are soft and they don’t require glue, so you’re not actually gluing skin that could be delicate.” She says ...

The secret to their success is a natural adhesive, which has now been replicated in a glue that could help keep orthopedic implants attached to bone tissue. One of the problems with implants such ...

While it might not look like much, the marine mussel is having a big impact in the world of medical research. This is largely because it produces a pretty serious glue that helps keep it tethered ...