In St. Petersburg, scientists have created a hemostatic material based on chitosan
04 May
Chitosan is a substance obtained from the shells of crabs and shrimps. It is non-toxic, biocompatible, has good hemostatic and bactericidal properties, therefore it is suitable for use in medicine. With the help of nano-additives, the original chitosan filaments were modified, which allowed them to improve their mechanical characteristics and increase the hemostatic effect.
The method of obtaining threads was developed by researchers of SPbSRU and IMC RAS. In Ƶ, a non-woven fabric was created from chitosan threads, which has already passed a number of tests, proving its quality, not inferior to foreign analogues.