Archive: February 2025
Milkweed fibres for making surgical sutures and meshes
Multifilament sutures and surgical meshes made from natural fibres for treating damaged tissues have been developed by Ballast Medical of Montréal, Quebec, Canada.
Non-absorbable synthetic fibre surgical suture
A non-absorbable surgical suture made of a synthetic fibre has been developed by W. L. Gore & Associates of Newark, Delaware, USA.
Degradable 3D meshes for pelvic organ prolapse repair
A recent study by Hudson Institute researchers, Dr Kallyanashis Paul and group head, Associate Professor Shayanti Mukherjee, fabricated degradable meshes to regenerate vaginal tissue using…
Magnesium-enriched nanofibre patches
Researchers at the University of Lincoln, UK, and Shibaura Institute of Technology, Japan, have developed a new type of wound patch by adding magnesium chloride…
Medical textiles with inbuilt infection protection
In collaboration with Heraeus, the German Institutes of Textile and Fiber Research (DITF) are developing fibres and textiles with a novel infection protection system.