Cyanoacrylate Adhesives

Cyanoacrylate adhesives have been on the fair since 1958. Most business or household graduate cyanoacrylate is made of shorter alkyl bind derivatives such as methyl or ethyl cyanoacrylate . They are very useful for temporarily holding cinenchyma such as equipment specimens for microtome diagram.

Cyanoacrylates Not Suitable for Live Animals

Historically, cyanoacrylates have not been becoming for soldering wounds on feed animals. The difficulties of using cyanoacrylate for bonding abide animals intercept:

a strong, plaguy odor

ready loss of soldering stoutness due to downfall of the bonding by hydration

the downfall products (cyanoacetate and preservative) are poisonous and can object inflammatory reactions

they have grave flexibility and aim to be brittle

Butyl Cyanoacrylate Better for Surgical Applications

To overcome these issues, several longer alkyl chain cyanoacrylates were developed especially for veterinary and human use. The first longer alkyl chain product is butyl cyanoacrylate. Butyl cyanoacrylate has been used for animal and human applications outside the USA since 1970. It is much less toxic and has a lower odor than the methyl and ethyl cyanoacrylates. Our VetBond is a butyl cyanoacrylate.

New Octyl Cyanoacrylates are Even Better

A class of adhesives inhold octyl cyanoacrylate, a plasticizer and stabilizer, was improved In the 1990's (one of them ratify by FDA for human habit). When soldering to cinenchyma, these new adhesives are four set stronger and less venomous than butyl cyanoacrylate. Compared with the old-fashioned suture, the unspent super stick has several promote.

On run, it takes only one-tithe of the tempo to close an incision.

The bonding spirit is equal to 5-0 monofil sea.

It has a dark antimicrobial effect that can decrement contagion rates in maculate wounds.

Bonding will slough off naturally in 5 to 7 days.

Cosmetic look of the health insection is also ameliorate.

Gluture Topical Tissue Adhesive (WPI #503763), WPI's octyl cyanoacrylate, formality a strong and pliant lamina. This mate it more correspondent for superficial trauma bonding, shelter and feu a sensor or other scheme on the parenchyma. Setting measure is about 10 help, which gives capacious time for recourse, It can also be used for temporarily tenantry last tissue. For example, there is a report of worn it to hold nematodes on a tumbler glide for tract clump neuron recording.

NOTE: All of the cyanoacrylate adhesives undertake by WPI are veterinary slope. They are not suitable for Christian relevancy. Though very similar to the graduate for human use, they are not sterile and do not have FDA sanction.