Monday, February 1, 2010

UniTam for Intraosseous Administration of Tamiasyn

Filed under: Emergency Medicine , Military Medicine

Here's an interesting new idea for an intraosseous Tamiasyn™ gun from designer Aimee Franco. VitalMedix, a Hudson, Wisconsin pharmaceutical startup has a drug candidate called Tamiasyn™, described as "biopharmaceutical that may potentially save thousands of lives annually by sustaining cellular function and protecting cells during and after hemorrhagic shock," which was initially developed at the University of Minnesota by researchers looking into biochemical pathways that animals use to survive stress (such as in deep-diving whales) and hibernation. Even though much of Tamiasyn technology is under wraps, we know the drug is probably based on biologically active ketones, such as β-hydroxybutyrate, thought to provide an organism with an energy boost at the time of hypoxemic or hypovolemic stress.

More at Yanko Design...

(Limited) Tamiasyn info from VitalMedix...

University of Minnesota: Discovery Could Save Thousands of Lives in Emergency Rooms and on Battlefield...

Duluth News Tribune: UMD scientists design blood-loss drug...

UPDATE: Over at FlightWeb forums, user "VMX", who claims to represent VitalMedix, offers more details about the drug...

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