Here’s a new intraop tool to deal with annoying bubbles in the water seal chamber of chest tubes. Tissuemed out of Leeds, UK has just unveiled the TissuePatchThoracic patch for fixing air leaks during lung surgery. The patch was introduced at this year’s annual meeting of the European Society of Thoracic Surgeons. The new offering is now undergoing clinical trials to assess its effectiveness in sealing airleaks.
More about the product from Tissuemed:
TissuePatch is a ready-to-use sealant film requiring no advance preparation. The product, in its various formats works by adhering to amine groups on tissue surfaces. It softens as it hydrates to become a film that conforms to complex surfaces, with the flexibility to remain adhered to dynamic tissues. Compared with liquids TissuePatch™ represents a tiny amount of foreign body and is guaranteed to be the same thickness wherever it is applied. Adherence to tissues is strong and burst pressure testing demonstrates superiority over alternative sealant methods.
In addition, the range now incorporates dedicated sizes and instruments which enable surgeons to use the product in keyhole procedures, known as Video Assisted Thoracic Surgery (VATS). A cleverly designed loading device takes the patch directly from the packaging into a delivery tube in one easy, direct movement, ready to be dispensed directly onto the target area.
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