NerveTape® – for Nerve Repair
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Warp speed wrap! #NeoArmory:
“I am Flash” – Flash (DC comics)
We all like speed and precision while operating. Reducing the knife to closure time means bragging rights (also, the patient benefits, etc.. etc). That can happen incrementally by reducing the time taken in each step of the procedure,our and we will employ any device at our disposal.
Nerve repairs in complex reconstructions can themselves take upwards of 10 minutes. Biocircuit have devised Nerve tape®, which can cut down this time tremendously. It is a Porcine small intestine submucosal wrap with Nitinol hooks on it. Just get the nerve ends together, wrap the tape around them and move on to the next step.
...and Bob’s your uncle.
They claim a 97% success rate with repairs, 4.8 times faster and 2.6 times stronger than the microsuture. There is also evidence for better or equal regeneration with data from electrophysiological studies.
This is one of the devices that we expect will become as essential as a skin clip or a bone wax. If you’re not a trauma reconstruction surgeon, get it to your shelf and hope and pray you don’t get to use it.
