Three Argentines have created a new device to heal surgical wounds

It's about "tilt"A self-adhesive patch with a self-sealing mechanism that seeks to replace the traditional suture method, which depends to a large extent on the ability of the person who makes it.

"What we are looking for is that there are fewer infections on the surgeries site, less pain during recovery and better esthetic resultsas a result of much smaller scars compared to a traditional suture, "says Dr. Diego Fridman, who developed the idea with his colleague Pablo Luchetti and industrial designer Luciano Poggi.

The specialist explained that The product should be used "before surgery" and "not after a trauma."

"If you cut yourself when you fall on the street, you can not close and close. It is for surgery when the skin is still healthy that the blade is placed and that it would be used, for example, for hernia or caesarean operations, "he said.

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When asked how to use the fix, the creators explained that "at the time of making an incision, the surgeon had previously placed the blade of the device in the place of intervention"

"Later," they continued, "instead of use a suture or staples, two invasive methods to collect the epidermis, the doctor simply has to perform a zipper like a vacuum sealer, facing the edges of the wound without hurting the skin until healing. "Finally, the set is removed as any other dressing," they finished.

Inclode is planned reached the market by the end of 2019, once the evaluation bodies stipulated by the National Administration of Medicines, Food and Medical Technologies (Anmat) were approved.

"The invention is patented in our country and in the United States, where he also expects his sanitary approval by the North American Food and Drug Administration (FDA) ", added the Science portfolio.