Neue elektrische Stiche nutzen Muskelbewegungen, um die Heilung zu beschleunigen | Während sich der Körper bewegt, erzeugt der Faden – bestehend aus biologisch abbaubaren Polymeren und Magnesium – durch Reibung Strom. Die geringen Mengen an Elektrizität, die an der genähten Stelle erzeugt werden, können dazu beitragen, dass die Heilung der Zellen beschleunigt wird.
New electrical stitches use muscle movement to speed up healing
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>Researchers already knew that pumping electricity through stitches could speed healing, but previous technologies relied on bulky external batteries. The new sutures are powered by the body itself.
>Chengyi Hou and colleagues applied the thread’s electrical stimulation to artificial wounds in lab dishes. After 24 hours, fibroblasts — cells that are crucial to healing — decreased the wound area from 69 percent to 11 percent. Comparatively, untreated artificial wounds decreased in size from 69 percent to 33 percent after 24 hours.
[Read more here](https://www.sciencenews.org/article/electrical-stitches-muscle-healing) and the [research article here. ](https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-024-52354-x)
I wonder whether this would work for pneumothorax surgery instead of talcum powder being used as the friction agent. Also, the damned plastic keyhole screws hurt like hell when they are pulled out.