Wound Dressings

WBI has developed a fibrin based tissue adhesive/hemostatic agent. It has been incorporated into wound dressing systems for controlling bleeding and eliminating the need for skin sutures. Shown are two full thickness skin incisions treated with conventional sutures (top) versus the tissue adhesive containing wound dressing (below). A much better cosmetic result is obtained.

Hemostatic Agent

Used as a topical hemostatic agent, the fibrin based material is employed as a dry powder. In direct comparisons with a commercially available and complicated to use conventional tissue adhesive (T), the fibrin based tissue agent (FM) and the fibrin based agent with Aprotinin (FMA) both yielded significantly shorter bleeding times using a model of splenic injury.