@Fleshknitter, my immediate thought is to use it as a closure technique. So, do some field surgery, then close the wound and place a small amount of it on the wound to seal. Cause the main problem with the fleshknitter is that it's *too* fast. It's more like a super-cancer stimulator than a regen accelerator. Not well suited for excessive application, but pretty good for precision tasks.
I warned him that it's not gonna regen complex systems well.
Yeah, yeah, but I still wonder how good it would have been were it administered via the suit medystems (if that person was wearing a Mk II instead, for example). Because I still hope that between the human body self-regulation and the controlled micro-injections, it can give much better results.
Or, in the case of puncture like this, carefully applying a bit of fleshknitter on both sides of the puncture - enough to close the wounds, not enough to
fill the lung completely.
Might as well spray sticky goop into the wound then. Or duck tape it shut.
Well, medifoam (those two might not seal it quite as tight and good) might have been just as suitable for this case, but I did supply the medics with it, didn't I?
The two major things with the fleshknitter are that 1)it can be administered from the inside, unlike medifoam and whatnot - at least, without solving a couple very big engineering hurdles; 2)it closes the wounds with the same tissue materials, so while it cannot rebuild major organs yet, (according to earlier conversations with Piecewise) it can mend the bones and muscles (and maybe tendons too) and, in general, allow for the blood flow to resume (more or less). And all the more Fun (and usefulness!) if it can do that this fast.
@Kri And, now that I think of it, I agree that it is also very very nice for closing various incisions and cuts made in the course of field surgery - not that such operations are common, but fleshknitter might actually make them viable (especially since this way it'd use up tiny amounts of the substance, so not too expensive). A secondary use (compared to the primary 'DIY' aim), but quite useful nonetheless.