Main Category: Pediatrics / Children's Health
Also Included In: Dermatology
Article Date: 31 Oct 2012 - 1:00 PDT
Current ratings for:Researchers Invent A Quick-Release Medical Tape That Minimizes Neonatal Skin Injury
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Commercial medical tapes on the market today are great at keeping medical devices attached to the skin, but often can do damage - such as skin tissue tearing - once it's time to remove them.A research team from Brigham and Women's Hospital (BWH) has invented a quick-release tape that has the strong adhesion properties of commercial medical tape, but without the ouch factor upon removal.The team was led by Jeffrey Karp, PhD, BWH Division of Biomedical Engineering, Department of Medicine, senior study author in collaboration
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