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Medical adhesive products are becoming more common.
医用粘合产品正变得越来越普遍。
Doctors use medical adhesives to help reconnect damaged tissue.
医生使用医用胶促进受损组织重新连接。
They are able to stick fast and hold the tissue together.
它们也能快速粘合组织。
But until recently, no product had been approved for use inside the human body.
但直到最近，才有产品得到允许在体内使用。
Earlier this year, the United States Food and Drug Administration approved a kind of biodegradable glue for use in surgical operations.
今年早些时候，美国食品药物监督管理局批准可以在外科手术中使用一种可生物降解的胶水。
The product, called TissueGlu, breaks down over time.
该产品名为“TissueGlu”，随着时间流逝会降解。
Eric Beckman teaches engineering at the University of Pittsburgh.
埃里克·贝克曼在匹兹堡大学教工程学。
He says TissuGlu was created by accident.
他说“TissuGlu”胶是偶然发明出来的。
Around 2001, Mr. Beckman and a dental surgeon at the university were working on a problem.
约2001年，贝克曼和大学的一位牙医在一起研究一个问题。
They had set out to design a tissue regeneration membrane in a laboratory.
他们打算在实验室设计组织再生膜。
In the process, they accidentally discovered a sticky, glue-like substance.
在这一过程中，他们意外发现一种粘粘的，像胶的物质。
"The substance at the time in the lab was just, it was a science project.
那时在实验室得出这一物质是合理的，因为它是一个科学工程。
It was a laboratory material.
它是一个实验材料。
TissueGlu is orders of magnitude more sophisticated."
“TissuGlu”数量级上更加复杂。
TissuGlu is a chemical compound used to make plastic.
“TissuGlu”是一种用于制造塑料的化合物。
It is non-toxic, meaning it is not harmful to humans.
它无毒，对人体没有伤害。
Doctors can now use it to connect big pieces of skin and tissue inside the body.
医生现在可以用它来连接大块的皮肤
Eric Beckman says the university researchers recognized the possibility of developing and marketing TissueGlu.
埃里克·贝克曼说大学研究人员意识到开发并在市场上销售TissueGlu的可能性。
They knew that medical adhesives and liquid bandages were becoming increasingly popular.
他们了解到医用胶和液体绷带正变得越来越受欢迎。
But nothing like that existed for use inside the body.
但是还没有用于体内的。
"Step one was to find a business team that could actually help us turn what was essentially a technology into a real product and then get it through the regulatory pathway."
第一步是找到一个能够帮助我们把一项技术商业团队转变成产品，然后通过管理渠道。
In 2006, Professor Beckman temporarily left the University of Pittsburgh to set up a business, called Cohera Medical.
2006年，贝克曼教授暂时离开了匹兹堡大学，建立了一家名为“Cohera Medical”的公司。
One of the company's first employees was scientist Dottie Clower.
公司的第一批雇员中就有科学家多蒂·克洛。
She had worked in the Office of Enterprise Development at the University of Pittsburgh.
她曾在匹兹堡大学企业发展部工作。
She had advised Mr. Beckman about making his technology available to others.
她建议贝克曼使他的技术让其他人可用。
Now, she was given the responsibility of product development.
现在，她负责产品开发。
"I think that one of the things that made this an attractive business opportunity was in some ways the simplicity of the idea... This was simply a glue that you could use inside the body and everyone understood that.
“我认为想法的简单在某种程度上给了这个生意一个诱人的机会......这不过是一个可以你可以用于体内的胶水，谁都懂。”
So from the perspective of being able to enroll investors in supporting the company, enroll doctors in being enthusiastic about this very new idea... This was something that nobody had in their tool kit and we had an opportunity to be the first."
从吸引投资者支持公司和让医生对这个新想法充满热情的角度看，这是其他人的工具箱里没有的，而我们就有了首开先河的机会。
Cohera Medical raised $75 million to bring TissueGlu to market.
“Cohera Medical”公司募集到7500万使“TissueGlu”上市。
Tests showed it was strong, safe and effective.
很多试验结果表明它强效，安全，有效。
Surgeons use a hand-held device to control the even release of glue.
外科医生使用一个手提式设备来控制胶水平稳的收放。
Professor Beckman says the Food and Drug Administration approved the glue for connecting large skin flaps in an operation that removes extra fat and skin.
贝克曼教授说食品药物监督管理局批准了在减脂手术中使用该胶水连接大面积的皮瓣。
He says the product also helps reduce fluid buildup by holding tissues close together.
他表示该产品通过把组织紧密连在一起，减少了液体累积。
The new glue also means fewer medical problems and a quicker recovery for the patient.
新胶水对病人来说意味着更少的医疗问题和更快的恢复。
In Europe, TissueGlu has been approved for use in breast cancer and lymph node dissection surgeries.
欧洲一直允许在乳癌和淋巴结清除手术中使用TissueGlu 。
Dottie Clower says this is an exciting time for the company.
多蒂·克洛说这对公司来说是个令人兴奋的时期。
"Now we have the opportunity to engage with the market, to talk with the doctors, to begin to really launch our sales and marketing effort for this great new product."
“现在我们有机会进入市场，同医生交流，真正开始为这一伟大的新产品展开销售与营销工作。
She says what this means is that they can begin to market products that can make a difference in people's lives.
她说这意味着他们可以开始在市场上销售可以改变人们生活的产品。
I'm Bob Doughty.
我是鲍勃·多蒂
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