Sprayable Dry Powder Hydrogel

Ultrafast in situ gelation

A sprayable dry powder that rapidly absorbs interfacial water on wet tissue to form an asymmetrically adhesive hydrogel barrier for postoperative anti-adhesion and hemostasis.

Chaoyao, Wen · Gong, Yihang · Chen, Haoyan · Yu, Tian · Hui, Yu · Xudan, Xin · Le, Wang · Chuyang, Xiang · Yisheng, Chen · Xiao, Tianhua · Ning, Chengyun · Yang, Xuebin · Zhou, Lei · Tan, Guoxing

Advanced Functional Materials 2024

Advantages

Adhesion significantly reduced after gelation

Animal experiments show successful prevention of postoperative adhesions