What are medical glues?
20 Jun 2024
Medical glue can be divided into the following categories according to its use:
1. Soft tissue medical glue: suitable for bonding skin, organs, nerves, muscles, blood vessels and mucous membranes. Most of these glues use medical α-cyanoacrylate glue and fibrin bio-glue.
2. Hard tissue adhesive: suitable for bonding and fixing teeth, bones, artificial joints, etc. For example, CC-1 dental adhesive with bone cement, polymethyl methacrylate, new base resin PUPMA and adhesive coupling agent 4-META.
3. Medical pressure-sensitive adhesive: basically the same as industrial pressure-sensitive adhesive, the main raw material is a copolymer with acrylate as the main component, combined with a composition of natural rubber or synthetic rubber and tackifying resin.
This type of glue can be used for covering and protecting various surgical incisions and traumatic wounds, as well as for medical pressure-sensitive tapes, surgical films, incision adhesive tapes, etc.
In addition, there are some domestic medical glues, etc.
In general, there are many types of medical glues with a wide range of uses, and you can choose the right glue according to your specific needs.