公开(公告)号：US20220071613A1

公开(公告)日：2022-03-10

申请号：US17416240

申请日：2019-12-19

Applicant: Arizona Board of Regents on behalf of Arizona State University

Inventor： Kaushal Rege ,  Ridha Inam ,  Yu Yao

IPC: A61B17/00 ,  A61L17/10 ,  A61L17/08

Abstract: A method of closing an opening in a tissue comprises providing a light absorbing material, introducing the light absorbing material into a tissue opening, and irradiating the light absorbing material with at least one light source so as to increase a temperature of the light absorbing material, causing the tissue edges of the tissue opening adhere to the light absorbing material and/or to each other. A kit comprising a light absorbing material and a light emitting device is also described.