Anticoagulant Vascular Shunts for Temporary Arterial Bypass
Abstract
Temporary vascular shunts are essential for repairing severely damaged arterial blood vessels following extreme trauma in the combat casualty care setting. Unfortunately, recent experience in Iraq showed clotting and occlusion of existing shunts within hours. In the current research we coated shunts with a novel non-adhesive surface coating technology developed at the Wyss Institute, and tested both short and long-term patency in large animal (pig) models of thrombosis.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Dec 01, 2020
- Accession Number
- AD1125523
Entities
People
- Donald E. Ingber
- Michael Super
Organizations
- Harvard University