Battelle and Halyard Health are teaming up on a $14.4 million U.S. Navy project aimed at saving more tissue after battlefield injuries, Battelle announced Thursday.
The Office of Naval Research project aims to give military medics in the field something better with which to initially treat severely injured limbs, the company said.The Acute Care Cover for Severely Injured Limbs, or ACCSIL, initiative, includes the development of a cover that protects an injured limb while providing a therapeutic cocktail that mitigates the trauma and aids tissue survival. more