The Textile Industry and Biotech Join
Forces To Produce a Revolutionary New Bandage
How can bamboo and glass dramatically
reduce severe blood loss? Entegrion, a biotechnology company
in North Carolina's Research Triangle Park, has revolutionized
wound care by weavlng together bamboo and glass fibers into
its Stasilon-FR bandage. And used the textile expertise of Carolina
Narrow Fabric Company of Wlnston- Salem ... continue |
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Battle tested: Textile firms use expertise
to create bio breakthrough
Two Triad textile firms that have
survived their industry's off-shoring shakeout are turning their
hard-won expertise in a traditional craft into high-tech advances
in the arena of battlefield injuries and traumatic wound care.
National Spinning Co.
of Glen Raven and Carolina Narrow Fabric of Winston-Salem
are working with Entegrion, a Research Triangle Park-based
firm, on a new kind of bandage that can significantly reduce
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Not Your Run-Of-The-Mill Bandage
W hen life sciences company Entegrion was asked by the Office
of Naval Research (ONR), Arlington, Va., to develop an affordable
bandage that would quickly stop bleeding in combat-inflicted
wounds, the Research Triangle Park, N.C.-based start-up turned
to local textile manufacturers to help it devise a solution
... That filament is added at the weaving stage by Carolina
Narrow Fabric Co. (CNF), a specialty narrow fabrics weaver located
about 35 miles further down I-40 in Winston-Salem, N.C. As Entegrion’s
Fischer began to work with CNF, he found that yarn properties
are but one contributor to the bandage’s function ...
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New bandage being called "miracle"
NORTH CAROLINA -- The FDA just approved a new bandage made in
North Carolina that some are calling a miracle.
The Stasilon bandage is made with specially woven glass fibers
and bamboo to work with the body to stop bleeding in half the
time of regular bandages.
Carolina Narrow Fabric of Winston-Salem weaves the Stasilon.
Last week the FDA approved it for use in operating rooms and
over the counter. Entegrion hopes to have the bandage available
in stores soon ... continue |
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The Place to Be
There's a simple litmus test for the viability of Piedmont Triad
Research Park as a life-sciences hub, according to analysts
and economists. The park will
have arrived when it attracts life-sciences companies, particularly
in biotechnology and nanotechnology, that could be based anywhere
but choose here as the most advantageous place to do research
and business.
Entegrion, a biomedical group based in Research Triangle Park,
has formed a partnership with Carolina Narrow Fabric Co. of
Winston-Salem on Stasilon. It is a product that accelerates
the clotting of blood in major external wounds through the
use of bamboo and glass fibers in a woven fabric. Entegrion
recently gained Food and Drug Administration clearance for
the use of Stasilon as an over-the-counter product ... continue |
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