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Evaluation of a bilayered, micropatterned hydrogel dressing for full-thickness wound healing
Nearly 12 million wounds are treated in emergency departments throughout the United States every year. The limitations of current treatments......
Shark Skin Inspires New Product To Fight Infections
Bacterial infections are a huge problem, particularly in medical settings like hospitals. But one U.S. company, recently bought by a......
Sharklet Featured in Xploration Nature Knows Best
Sharklet was featured in Season 1, Episode 9 of Xploration Nature Knows Best. Xploration Nature Knows Best S01, E09 –......
Sappi North America collaborates with Sharklet Technologies, Inc. to create a revolutionary casting and release paper product line
Press Release: Sappi North America Announces Neoterix™ST, the First Commercial Casting and Release Paper with Sharklet™ Bacteria-Inhibition Technology...
Micropatterned Endotracheal Tubes Reduce Secretion-Related Lumen Occlusion
When patients are mechanically ventilated, endotracheal tubes have the potential to disrupt normal airway secretion production and clearance. This ultimately results......
Sharklet mentioned in Biomimicry TED Talk
Check out Janine Benyus’s talk that was recently featured on NPR’s TED Radio Hour. NPR TED Radio Hour – What......
Sharklet in The Atlantic
Check out this article from The Atlantic on the potential for extraterrestrial Sharklet wound treatments. Read “Band-Aids for Interstellar Travellers”...
Sharklet and Biomimicry (Wired)
This cool video from Wired talks about how Sharklet was discovered and how humans are drawing design inspiration from nature....
Micropatterned Protective Membranes Inhibit Lens Epithelial Cell Migration in Posterior Capsule Opacification Model (2015)
During development of the ClearSight™ IOL, Sharklet researched the effect that micropatterned surfaces have on epithelial cells. After surgery to......
Sharklet Featured on PBS NewsHour Report on Superbugs (PBS)
Recently, Sharklet was featured on a PBS NewsHour report about superbugs....