What Is Medical Adhesive?
The use of medical adhesives has a long history, but it has not developed rapidly until recent decades. In 1936, German company Kulzerr launched a dental adhesive based on methyl methacrylate (MMA). In 1959, the rapid adhesive based on -cyanomethyl acrylate was introduced in the United States, thus realizing the revolution from surgical suture to direct bonding.
Medical adhesive
- Chinese name
- Medical adhesive
- Earliest generation time
- 1936
- Material properties
- Chemical and biological adhesives
- With nature
- Safe, reliable and non-toxic
- The use of medical adhesives has a long history, but it has not developed rapidly until recent decades. In 1936, German company Kulzerr launched a dental adhesive based on methyl methacrylate (MMA). In 1959, the rapid adhesive based on -cyanomethyl acrylate was introduced in the United States, thus realizing the revolution from surgical suture to direct bonding.
- There are many types of medical adhesives, which can be divided into chemical adhesives and biological adhesives according to their material properties. According to its use, its adhesion involves the following aspects in human biological cells: (1) adhesion between cells; (2) adhesion of active tissue and inactive parts inside the human body; (3) human tissue and Adhesion between foreign substances. Its specific classification is: soft tissue adhesives, dental adhesives, orthopedic adhesives, and skin pressure-sensitive adhesives.
- The ideal medical adhesive should have the following properties: (1) safe, reliable, non-toxic, and non-trivial (carcinogenic, teratogenic, and mutagenic); (2) good biocompatibility, and does not hinder the self Healing; (3) Sterile and can remain sterile for a certain period of time; (4) Quick adhesion can be achieved at normal temperature and pressure; (5) Has good adhesive strength and durability, and the bonded part has a certain Elasticity and toughness; (6) non-irritating to human tissues during use; (7) can gradually degrade, absorb and metabolize after achieving the use effect; (8) has a good use state and is easy to save.
- The medical adhesives commonly used recently have more or less some shortcomings. The varieties that have completely reached the ideal state and are widely used have not yet come out, and many are in the research stage. However, depending on the use site and purpose, some adhesives that meet the above conditions have achieved good results in application and continuous improvement.