NSU: Vacuum aspirator for wound healing

2024: Product Announcement

The Novosibirsk State University (NSU) has developed a vacuum aspirator for healing wounds and burns. The university told about this in February 2024.

According to the developers, their device differs from existing analogues in that it is equipped with functions that allow the combined impact of negative pressure and electricity on wounds. Due to the detailed setting of operating modes, it makes it possible to use a personalized approach to obtain the greatest therapeutic effect, the NSU said.

source = NSU

Vacuum therapy is a method of treating wounds using controlled negative pressure. It accelerates healing, reduces the risk of infection joining and complications, improves the quality of tissue regeneration.

As told in NSU, first a sponge made of polyurethane is applied to the wound, fixed with a sealed film and a connector connected with an aspirator with a tube is installed on top. Through it, exudate (fluid released during inflammation) and purulent contents are sucked from the wound into a special container.

According to the developers, in the future, a vacuum aspirator for healing wounds and burns can be used in such complex conditions as necrotising fasciitis, diabetic foot, obliterating diseases of the peripheral arteries, rejection of skin flaps and grafts.

All these conditions can cause formidable complications, up to disability and death of the patient. With the help of our device, the risk of their occurrence can be minimized: accelerate wound healing by 20-50 percent, reduce the appearance of complications and reduce the number of deaths in certain clinical situations, "explained NSU student Alina Gulyaeva, who participates in the development of the project.[1]

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