A tightly-bonded and flexible mesoporous zeolite-cotton hybrid hemostat

Nat Commun. 2019 Apr 29;10(1):1932. doi: 10.1038/s41467-019-09849-9.

Abstract

Achieving rapid definitive hemostasis is essential to ensure survival of patients with massive bleeding in pre-hospital care. It is however challenging to develop hemostatic agents or dressings that simultaneously deliver a fast, long-lasting and safe treatment of hemorrhage. Here, we integrate meso-/micro-porosity, blood coagulation and stability into a flexible zeolite-cotton hybrid hemostat. We employ an on-site template-free growth route that tightly binds mesoporous single-crystal chabazite zeolite onto the surface of cotton fibers. This hemostatic material maintains high procoagulant activity after water flow treatment. Chabazite particles are firmly anchored onto the cotton surface with < 1% leaching after 10 min of sonication. The as-synthesized hemostatic device has superior hemostatic performance over most other clay or zeolite-based inorganic hemostats, in terms of higher procoagulant activity, minimized loss of active components and better scalability for practical applications (a hemostatic T-shirt is hereby demonstrated as an example).

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Bandages*
  • Cotton Fiber / analysis*
  • Crystallization
  • Femoral Artery / injuries
  • Hemorrhage / pathology
  • Hemorrhage / therapy*
  • Hemostasis / drug effects
  • Hemostatics / chemistry
  • Hemostatics / pharmacology*
  • Humans
  • Mice
  • Porosity
  • Rabbits
  • Skin / injuries
  • Surgical Wound / pathology
  • Surgical Wound / therapy*
  • Wound Healing / drug effects
  • Zeolites / chemistry
  • Zeolites / pharmacology*

Substances

  • Hemostatics
  • chabazite
  • Zeolites