Open Call for Innovative Defense-Related Dual-Purpose Technologies/Solutions with a Clear Air Force Stakeholder Need

Warfighters are at risk of losing life or limbs from wounds incurred in battlefield conditions where access to treatment is limited. USCENTCOM and USAFRICOM has, within the “Force Protection & Medical” Requirement, called for this solution to this challenge. Nanofiber Solutions understands that wound healing is a critical component to saving limbs and saving lives of our wartime fighters. The Phoenix Wound Matrix is a 3D nanofabricated scaffold scientifically designed to inspire a pro-healing, acute-like wound environment to restore the body’s natural wound healing process and effectively achieve definitive closure of complex acute wounds, chronic wounds and burns. It is designed to mimic the physiological functions of the body’s ECM; enabling cellular adhesion, infiltration, proliferation and tissue repair. The Phoenix scaffold is strategically engineered utilizing a unique combination of polymers that support and encourage the body’s natural wound healing process by re-establishing two vital factors: microbiome homeostasis and tissue homeostasis to prevent infections and improve healing outcomes.