VETIGEL is a

veterinary Veterinary medicine is the branch of medicine that deals with the prevention, management, diagnosis, and treatment of disease, disorder, and injury in animals. Along with this, it deals with animal rearing, husbandry, breeding, research on nutri ...

product, a plant-derived injectable gel that is claimed to quickly stop traumatic bleeding on external and internal wounds. Its name is coined from Medi-Gel, from the video game series

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. It uses a plant-based haemophilic

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made from

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that forms a

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which seals the

wound A wound is a rapid onset of injury that involves lacerated or punctured skin (an ''open'' wound), or a contusion (a ''closed'' wound) from blunt force trauma or compression. In pathology, a ''wound'' is an acute injury that damages the epider ...

. It is manufactured by Cresilon, Inc., an American

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company, which is also exploring human products derived from its technology, slated to launch as early as 2016. The company plans on releasing a product for the

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and the

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market first, followed by a product for the human surgical market when FDA approval is granted. Cresilon, Inc. (Formerly Suneris, Inc.) is headquartered in

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, United States. The company was founded in 2010 by Joe Landolina and Isaac Miller, while they were students at NYU Poly. Cresilon focuses on wound care products, specifically those in the field of

hemostasis In biology, hemostasis or haemostasis is a process to prevent and stop bleeding, meaning to keep blood within a damaged blood vessel (the opposite of hemostasis is hemorrhage). It is the first stage of wound healing. This involves coagulation, wh ...

. The company operates out of a 25,000 sq. ft. manufacturing facility located in Sunset Park, Brooklyn, NY.

References

External links

* https://cresilon.com/index.php/vetigel/

Videos

*http://www.medicaldaily.com/college-student-joe-landolina-creates-healing-gel-how-does-veti-gel-work-video-244683 Biotechnology products Products introduced in 2010 Gels {{Veterinary-med-stub