Treating battlefield injuries with light-activated technology

Airmen's traumatic battlefield injuries may be more effectively treated by using a new light-activated technology. This new treatment for war injuries includes using a process or technology called Photochemical Tissue Bonding, which can replace conventional sutures, staples and glues in repairing skin wounds, reconnecting severed peripheral nerves, blood vessels, tendons and incisions in the cornea.

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