heart patch

Researchers have recently developed a heart patch made of a conductive polymer material designed to be implanted in a patient's heart to replace the heart muscle damaged by the

The patch contains millions of living cells that are transplanted into a patient's heart to replace lost heart muscle and restore damage from a heart attack.

The official name of this glue is the super light hydrophobic glue (HLAA) developed by the collaboration of Boston Children's Hospital, MIT and Brigham Harvard Maternity Hospital.

Scanning electron microscope (SEM) image of patch with gold and alginate nanofibers. Star clusters of gold nanowires can be seen in these images.