Light-Activated Therapies to Improve Outcomes Following Musculoskeletal Injury

Orthopedic injuries are a considerable contributor to absence from active duty and in the reduction in task force readiness of the military overall. This study proposes to further explore ways to optimize current techniques for augmented wound closure (photobonding a biocompatible sheath and tissue-engineering/laser surgery) that will extend the scope of treatment to other important military-relevant orthopedic injury, including anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) repair and rotator cuff tears, and to advance our Achilles tendon repair technology into first-in-human studies.