Endomedix, a start-up company housed at NJIT’s business incubator, received a $1.4 million federal grant to develop a spray-on gel that surgeons will use to staunch bleeding during brain surgery.
Surgeons can spray the gel onto a surgical site, and the natural bio-polymer solutions in the gel will cohere and control bleeding in the patient within 30 seconds.
The gel can shorten an intracranial surgery by 30- 45 minutes. It will translate into less time for the patient’s skull to be open and less anesthesia, reducing both the possibility of infection and morbidity. Shorter surgeries also reduce hospital costs: The new gel is expected to save hospitals more than $3000- $4000 per case…