This med-tech startup is healing surgical wounds, without the trauma

Axio Biosolutions, backed by Accel, IDG and Ratan Tata's UC-RNT, is set to disrupt the market for gauze and surgical tapes with a novel polymer-based product

For years, gauze has become quite an integral part of wound care treatment. The nurses clean up the affected area and change the dressing every day. 

Other than acting as a mere cover, the passive dressing does not have any impact on the wound, which takes about a week or two before it starts healing. This cleaning exercise is very important, especially when the lesions are really large as in the case of cancer patients who have undergone a surgery. 

Having spotted a gap in the wound care sector, med-tech start-up Axio Biosolutions is soon going to launch a first-of-its-kind