Hallym University Sacred Heart Hospital

Dr. Yong-Jun Cho, Professor of Neurosurgery at Hallym University Chuncheon Sacred Heart Hospital, and his team who developed an ‘Anti-adhesion barrier using silk fibroin’ made a technology transfer agreement with G.han on June 17, 2016 at Hallym University R&D foundation.

This anti-adhesion barrier is a medical implant that can be used to prevent the second-order damage caused by tissue adhesion after surgery.

Prof. Cho said, “I have been using Anti-adhesion barrier for more than 10 years to reduce prolonged pain after spine surgery resulted mostly from the adhesion between nerves and surrounding tissues. But I believe that this barrier will reduce the burden of the patients as it has reasonable price comparing to currently-used products with relatively high prices since most of them are being imported.”

By Chul Kwon, Int’l Cooperation Team, HUMC (chris@hallym.or.kr)