19014977. HEMORRHAGE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM (THE TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY SYSTEM)
HEMORRHAGE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM
Organization Name
THE TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY SYSTEM
Inventor(s)
Duncan J. Maitland of College Station TX US
Todd Lawrence Landsman of Ojai CA US
Tyler Joseph Touchet of Cypress TX US
Elizabeth L. Cosgriff-hernandez of College Station TX US
Thomas S. Wilson of San Leandro CA US
HEMORRHAGE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM
This abstract first appeared for US patent application 19014977 titled 'HEMORRHAGE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM
Original Abstract Submitted
An embodiment includes a wound dressing comprising: a shape memory polymer (SMP) foam, including open cells, having first and second states; and a hydrogel (HG) included within the cells; wherein (a) in a first position a composite, including the SMP foam and the HG, is configured to be located proximate a hemorrhagic tissue with the SMP foam in the first state; (b) in a second position the composite is configured to be expanded to the second state against the hemorrhagic tissue when the SMP foam is plasticized at 37° C. depressing a glass transition temperature (T) of the SMP foam to below 25° C. Other embodiments are described herein.
- THE TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY SYSTEM
- Duncan J. Maitland of College Station TX US
- Todd Lawrence Landsman of Ojai CA US
- Tyler Joseph Touchet of Cypress TX US
- Elizabeth L. Cosgriff-hernandez of College Station TX US
- Thomas S. Wilson of San Leandro CA US
- A61L15/18
- A61F13/01
- A61L15/26
- A61L15/42
- A61L15/46
- A61L24/00
- CPC A61L15/18
