Post-It-like adhesive

Maybe a derivative of hide glue, you know, collagen? Tom

Thanks for the speedy reply. Would you know where I should start looking? Do commerical products exist? Otherwise it wouldn't be good for us to have to mix the glue ourselves and figure it out if it actually works or not.

Maybe gum arabic?

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Eli Luong wrote:Would you know where I should start looking? Do commerical products exist? Otherwise it wouldn't be good for us to have to mix the glue ourselves and figure it out if it actually works or not.

You can start looking for hide glue at your local Woodcraft or woodworking-type store. You've got to test_sometime_ Eli. "It wouldn't be good" to mix it yourself? Why not? For every success, there's probably a hundred failures(at least). Tom

Why is this on the wreck? Especially with "MISMATCH" in the path. Methinks I smell a troll. Albeit a better one than normal :-).

Scotch adhesive putty; strong, nothing left behind, works great.

Personally, I'm hoping it IS a troll. Having our future doctors use woodworking newsgroups to design surgical procedures doesn't make me look too kindly towards my dismal future old age!

Jack

Larry Blanchard wrote:

Rubber cement.

(comment for the regulars here -- get your mind out of the gutter!)

Leonard Lee left Lee Valley to start up a company that makes surgical equipment. Their first product was an improved scalpel - a surgeon approached Lee Valley to see if they could get a better scalpel for him; the woodworking carving handle he experimented with couldn't stand up to the autoclave. They also designed a jig for holding a hand in place for surgery.

Woodworkers - especially with minds like the Lees - seem to be a good place to start!

Mike

This is an undergraduate design team course to design a prototype of a device, so it's likely a real device put into production would have consultation from more moedically-focused sources.