Archive: June 2021
Lymphoedema maintenance simplified with new foam sleeve
Medical device manufacturer Medi USA has launched a product for at-home lymphoedema management.
Smart dressings with built-in healing sensors
Australian researchers at RMIT have developed smart, electrospun wound dressings with built-in nanosensors that glow to alert patients and medical professionals when a wound is...
Electrospinning for cardiovascular disease
UK-based Electrospinning is supporting Aortyx to develop an endovascular patch that has the potential to treat aortic dissection, a life-threatening cardiovascular disease in which the...
Stylish incontinence underwear launched
Global hygiene and health products company Essity has launched a form-fitting incontinence underwear product designed to look like real underwear and designed with a superabsorbent...
Nonwoven fabric swab with soft and spongy touch
A surgical swab composed of at least two layers of nonwoven fabric and an inner layer of textile polymer net has been developed by Bastos...
Skirt assembly for implantable prosthetic valve
An implantable prosthetic heart valve is disclosed by Edwards Lifesciences of Irvine, California, USA.
Haemostatic dressing for large surface wounds
A method to effect rapid haemostatic response and control haemorrhage by introducing a haemostatic composition into a bleeding wound cavity has been developed by RevMedx.