No need to peel them off
Duct Tape Bandage There is a better way.
Finely spun starch fibers woven into a bandage could dissolve on your skin and be absorbed by your body, eliminating the sting and hassle of ripping it off in one fast motion. Starch fibers could also be used to produce toilet paper, napkins and other biodegradable products, according to researchers at Penn State.
Food science researchers dissolved starch into a fluid, then spun it into long strands that can be woven into mats, according to a university news release. Anyone who has ever dissolved starch in water knows it can have some awesome physical properties, but the resulting thick paste is not that useful beyond a fun experiment or maybe thickening some soup.
To spin it into thin threads, the Penn State researchers added a solvent to help the starch break down more readily. The solvent allowed it to maintain its molecular structure, and the researchers used an electrospinning device to spin the material into long strands. The fibers could then be woven like any other fiber into a wide range of materials, from bandages to paper.
If they're used as a bandage, the starch fibers could simply degrade into glucose after some time and be absorbed by the body, according to grad student Lingyan Kong, who led this research. No more ripping off a Band-Aid. The fibers could serve other functions where other polymers, like cellulose or petroleum-based plastics, are typically used.
The research was supported by the U.S. Department of Agriculture and now the Penn State team is applying for a patent.
I think this would be really helpful. Especially for people that play sports and get a lot of cuts and bruises. It really hurts pulling a Band-Aid off your leg because of all the hair you have on your leg. With this, the Band-Aid will just dissolve and it'll be a lot less painful. I think this will really help and I can't wait to try one.
ReplyDeleteI think that this is a very neat and creative idea for people who hate the hassle of ripping off the band aids and having that stinging feeling. I do on the other hand, wonder if there could be some issues with this such as when you have a fresh wound and you get the band aid wet whether or not the band aid will dissolve then. I also would like to know how the band aid will "know" when the wound has healed.
ReplyDeleteIt'd be a good idea for athletic players and people who get cuts on there hands because we all know how annoying it is to get a cut on your hand and a Band-Aid not stick. But like Makayla said how in the world would it know it was healed. AND if it dissolves into glucose if you have too much isn't that bad too? There is just so many ways that this idea could go bad. There'd have to be many many tests to decide the faults and how they determine to fix them.
ReplyDeleteI think like sarah said there are to many ways this idea could go bad. I don't think it's that much of a hassle to pull a band aid off but I guess it could be effective to some people. my problem with it is what if it dissolves when your wound is still open? couldn't that cause an infection or something go wrong? I would think so. I'll stick to regular band aids!
ReplyDeleteI believe that this could be a useful idea for some but not useful for many other people. Most of the time people just wear a Band-Aid until it falls off then you put a new one on anyway. So this idea could very easily just turn into a waist of materials that could potentially help other things. And besides a regular Band-Aid doesn't hurt that bad when you pull it off.
ReplyDeleteThis could be good and bad. It could be useful to younger ages that do not like the feeling of a band aid being pulled off, It could also be a bad idea because it may cause infections if it dissolves to quick.
ReplyDeleteI believe that it could be useful most of the time. Like when little kids skin there knees they can just big this on and go about their business without the fear of it hurting when you take it off. With adults many people don't care and they just rip it off and go on with their day.
ReplyDeletei think this is a good idea, because it does hurt to rip a bandaid off. Also, it could be bad, because, like Alyssa said theres a chance it could probably dissolve while your wound is still open, and that wouldn't be good.
ReplyDeleteI think this is a cool idea especially for people thats play sports so you don't have to worry about your band aid falling off. But I think this could be a bad idea at the same time because when you wash your hands or take a shower wouldn't it dissolve then? I think this is a cool idea but I think it should be tested many times before people should try it.
ReplyDeletei honestly think this is a waste of time. We should be investing our time into more important things like ending world hunger or paying off our country's debt or stopping abortion, not figuring out how to make taking off band-aids less painful. It don't even hurt, band-aids are crap and you don't even have to take them off because all they do is fall off. This honestly kind of made me mad at how stupid I think this is but that's just my opinion. I guess it's cool for what it is.
ReplyDeleteI think that the only people this would really help would be sports players. I agree with Jodi I don't think that we should focus our time on something so small and not really that painful. I would be worried that the band aid would do something to your insides that could be harmful so I probably wouldn't try this!
ReplyDeleteThis just seems foolish, what kind of freaks would they get to try this? I mean most normal people would eat a band aid or any material with their blood or with others no mater how edible or tasty, it's just gross, but hey that's just me, (no offense to all the people who do or want to do this)
ReplyDeleteI think this is a waste of time. There is no point in making something that will make it less painful to remove a band aid. I think the time they are using should go to something more important than this
ReplyDeleteI like this idea because I play football and I get cuts and bruises and pulling the band aid off is a hassle and burns and rips off your hairs so its better that it dissolves and you dont have to worry about it.
ReplyDeleteI believe this a great invention because I remember all the pain from ripping the band aid off and having it hurt. Also this could help with more than just cuts and scratches, it could help with more major things. But I would be afraid there would be some type of consequence that could cause a problem in someone's life. Other than that it is a pretty amazing thing.
ReplyDeleteI think this is a revolutionary idea. We are currently suffering from overflowing landfills and dumps all over the world. The idea of dissolving band aids and possibly creating more bio-degradable items is great. Its inventions like these that will be pivotal as our population grows and the need to battle waste problems increases.
ReplyDeleteThis is the future, like Daboni said, this will be really useful to athletes who are always falling or getting hit that result in cuts on your skin. I'm not going to lie, sometimes when you pull that Band-Aid off, it really hurts. Plus I don't like the sticky stuff it leaves behind on your skin afterwards. Now I can put it on knowing I can just let it sit and dissolve into my skin. Cool.
ReplyDeleteI think this is very weird but cool. If someone were to be using this with really sensitive skin, it could be helpful to them by keeping the adhesive of regular bandages from tugging on their sensitive skin. But in other ways, it could be bad for someone's glucose levels. This may effect people's health after a period of time. I agree with jodi, that it is a waste of time. But I also think it is very lazy to use a dissolving band-aid.
ReplyDeleteThis is a great idea. My biggest concern would be for athletes. Would this band aid dissolve when introduced to sweat? How does starch affect a wound? This would be great for people with allergies pertaining to latex or other types of adhesive used in band aids.
ReplyDeleteThis seems like it would be useful. By waiting for the duct tape to dissolve, you are decreasing the chances of premture wound exposure. I'm going to have to remember this trick next time I cut myself.
ReplyDeleteI don't really think this is good idea. Yes it can be helpful in some ways but to me I find it really weird. I don't know how good I will feel if I had a band aid dissolving into my skin. I find it weird and unnatural. I'd rather stick with the regular old rip off band aids.
ReplyDeleteI think this is a good idea. A dissolvable bandage could help solve the amount of waste we used every year because it can also be used for other daily things we use like paper. One thing to consider is that someone who is a diabetic might not be able to use this because it dissolves into glucose and that could raise their blood sugar or that someone could be allergic to the materials that were used. Overall I still think that this is a good idea and could have the potential to help us.
ReplyDeleteI don't think this would work unless it is used on a tiny cut like a paper cut. Most of the time bandaids just fall off and that is around the time you are healed anyways. The dissolvable ones could also cause your skin to allergically react to the starch. The only way this product could be helpful is to reduce the amount of waste us humans throw away each year.
ReplyDeleteRemovable bandaids is good and bad. They can be good for younger kids but not really useful for anyone older. If you hate the pain of peeling off a bandaid then it could help you but other than that. Only thing it could help with is saving on waste.
ReplyDeleteI think this would be very useful for boys especially because it hurts to pull a band-aid off when it rips your hair. It could also help us cut back on the amount of waste we have. I think it is a very cool idea.
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