Article: Stan Eskridge & Tom Fischer.(Research)

When Stan Eskridge wanted to help Tom Fischer make an intexpensive bandage that quickly stops bleeding, he turned to his connections. "You can't be a North Carolina native and not know somebody in the textile industry," Eskridge, 65, says. His friends helped find the materials to develop Stasilon, a bandage woven from bamboo yarn and glass filament, approved for use by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration in September.

The military probably will be the biggest customer. The bandage was requested by the Office of Naval Research, looking for cheaper alternatives to traditional clotting bandages. Entegrion has been in the business of stopping bleeding since its ...

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