The idea of using blood substitutes was first advanced in the seventeenth century, and continues to attract researchers today. Several products that could revolutionize transfusion medicine have already been developed in the pursuit of shelf-stable, portable, one-type-fits-all blood substitutes, which could replace standard blood transfusions in extreme situations, such as on the battlefield.
使用血液替代品的思想起源于17世纪，至今仍吸引着研究者。在寻找储藏稳定、携带便捷、普遍是用的血液替代品（以便在战场等极端环境中代替标准输血操作）的过程中，一些可能引起输血医学革命的产品已经被开发出来。