From: R. Coyote (coyyote@hotmail.com)
Date: Tue May 14 2002 - 19:29:12 MDT
Used superglue on a Lacd knucle just recently while on a fishing trip,
werked perfectly
----- Original Message -----
From: "Mike Lorrey" <mlorrey@datamann.com>
To: <extropians@extropy.org>
Sent: Tuesday, May 14, 2002 12:28 PM
Subject: Re: MED/HEALTH: Cyanoacrylics in the operating theater, was Re:
Sticky ideas needed
> "Michael M. Butler" wrote:
> >
> > Eugen Leitl wrote:
> > >
> > > On Tue, 14 May 2002, Dossy wrote:
> > >
> > > > Wasn't Crazy Glue invented for exactly this reason? Stitchless
> > > > stitching in the operating theatre?\
> >
> > Nope. It was developed for industrial purposes, early fielded somewhat
> > successfully for bonding e.g. wing panel segments in the F-111 (correct
me on
> > this, Mike Lorrey or other ground crew types, please?).
>
> Having actually worked on the F-111D, I would imagine that it was used
> in assembling the honeycomb structure of the horizontal stabs. Other
> than that, airframe guys would use epoxy on other areas, and we'd use
> RTV silicon for sealing/bonding in applications that required
> flexibility.
>
> I know that early electroluminescent formation lights used crazy glue to
> bond the front and back fiberglass sheets with the EL lamp inside, but
> this technique was prone to delamination, especially for lights mounted
> in high vibration areas (pretty much everywhere on a fighter jet) and
> they eventually went to an autoclave method to impregnate the whole
> assembly with fiberglass epoxy under pressure.
>
> >
> > Supposedly, it first got used as a field expedient for meatball surgery
in
> > Viet Nam, however. IIRC, some surgeon stuck what was left of some poor
torn up
> > sod's pancreas back together, sewed him up and he retained pancreatic
> > function...
> >
> > That exact story has been around for a while and I haven't checked it to
rule
> > out the UL factor, but I do believe it's still used in emergency/trauma
> > situations, and possibly elsewhere.
>
> crazy glue/superglue, specifically that made by Loctite(R) Corporation
> is being more widely used in place of stitches in dermal and subdermal
> applications.
>
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