Ultrasound technology is best-known for its use in producing images of fetuses in the womb. But focused beams of high-intensity sound waves also can be used to stop internal bleeding--an ultrasound application that Philips Research, with funding from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, hopes to adapt for use on the battlefield, where many injuries become fatal because internal bleeding is not stopped in a timely way.
This technology could also certainly have applications for civilians as well. This would be ideal for situations where a bleeding patient is too far away from a trauma center for rapid transport. Also, splenic salvage, or an additional modality for liver hemostasis come to mind.
More.
Medicine Tag
Health Tag
No comments:
Post a Comment