Cosmonauts of the International Space Station (ISS) will test the Bioprint Firstaid device, which allows you to create organic bandages. This is reported on the NASA website.
Bioprint Firmid portable device is intended for the manufacture of bandages on board the ISS. Bioprinter prints bandages based on human skin cells and special biological inks. Components are mixed, resulting in a gypsum resembling a plaster, which can be applied to the wound.
According to scientists, in the absence of gravity, bandages and other means for dressing wounds may be ineffective. Firstaid functions in manual mode and does not need charging. “The use of bope for the reconstruction of the skin after burns is one of the directions that develops in recent years,” the NASA reports.
Test prototype will not contain real skin cells. However, astronauts will be able to test the convenience of making material and the strength of the resulting organic bandages. “To demonstrate the gel imitator will be applied to the limb of a crew member, wrapped with foil,” said specialists. On the basis of the experiment, the effectiveness of the new method of treatment of wounds will be estimated.
Bioprint Firstaid was sent to the ISS on Spacex ship at the end of 2021.
In late November, the Chairman of the State Duma Committee on Agrarian Affairs, Vladimir Kashin, called the idea of the general director of Roskosmos Dmitry Rogozin to grow plants in orbit fool. Earlier, Rogozin stated that the experiment can be carried out using a 3D bioprinter.