Oculus公司开发出消毒创面的神奇液体

一种新型治疗创面产品使用水和盐制造，能够杀死病毒、细菌和霉菌，没有任何毒性副作用，能够有助于伤口和烧伤创面愈合。

这种清洁液体叫做Microcyn，根据开发商Oculus创新科学公司(Petaluma, CA, USA)的说法，同样能够帮助糖尿病下肢溃疡愈合。该产品是根据日本科学家进行的研究结果来研发的，这些科学家追溯至20世纪90年代，在核反应堆冷却水中寻找灭菌的方法，他们使用了氯化物和水。在现在这个产品中，水被盐所饱和然后进行电解，分离成阴性和阳性离子进入多重腔室。额外处理使得这些离子稳定，并调节其pH水平。Microcyn从处理后遗留的微量氯中获得了抗微生物的能力。

该公司在2003年从墨西哥卫生部获得了对Microcyn的批准，Microcyn由Andres Gutierrez医生进行了检测，他是墨西哥城国立康复研究院细胞治疗科的主任。他发现这种液体能够迅速清除细菌。一旦研究院得知Microcyn是无毒的，就能够在糖尿病下肢溃疡患者中进行测试。

Gutierrez医生说：“我们首先发现的是在24小时内伤口散发的气味减轻了，这在从前从来没有发生过。”

尽管Microcyn已经在美国、欧洲和墨西哥被批准做为消毒剂，它还没有被批准用于处理伤口 。
 
Simple Liquid Kills Bacteria, Heals Wounds
 
A new wound-care product made from water and salt can kill viruses, bacteria, and mold spores without any toxic side effects and can also help wounds and burns to heal.

The clear liquid, called Microcyn, is also helping diabetic foot ulcers to heal, according to the developer, Oculus Innovative Sciences (Petaluma, CA, USA). The product is based on research conducted by Japanese scientists who were searching back in the 1990s for a method of disinfecting the cooling water in nuclear reactors, using chloride and water. In the current product, water is saturated with salt and then electrolyzed, separating the negative and positive ions into multiple chambers. Additional processing stabilizes the ions and adjusts the pH level. Microcyn gets its antimicrobial quality from the trace of chlorine that is left over after the processing.

The company filed for approval of Microcyn in 2003 with the Ministry of Health in Mexico (Mexico City) and Microcyn was tested by Dr. Andres Gutierrez, who is head of the cell therapy unit of the National Institute of Rehabilitation in Mexico City. He found the liquid could quickly eradicate bacteria. Once the institute knew Microcyn was nontoxic, it was able to test Microcyn on patients with diabetic foot ulcers.

“The first thing we noticed was that the odor from the wound faded away in 24 hours,” reported Dr. Gutierrez. “That had never happened before.”

Although Microcyn has been cleared as a disinfectant in the United States, Europe, and Mexico, it has not yet been cleared for wound care.