According to SNS Insider, the Synthetic Absorbable Sutures Market growth is driven by Advancements in polymer technology, growing demand for predictable wound healing, and expanding global healthcare ...

When surgeons repair tissues, they're currently limited to mechanical solutions such as sutures and staples, which can cause their own damage, or meshes and glues that may not adequately bond with ...

Textile technologies available from BMS Biomedical Structures include needle-punched nonwoven composites (left) for wound dressings and cell-regeneration applications and knitting (right) for pelvic ...

Medical devices made from bioresorbable polymers have already enjoyed a good deal of commercial success. Products like Ethicon’s Securestrap, a device used for mesh fixation in endoscopic procedures, ...

(Nanowerk News) Treating a wound or an inflammation directly where it occurs has clear advantages: The active ingredient reaches its target immediately, and there are no negative side effects on ...

Understanding polymer degradation is critical for numerous applications—to uphold and extend polymer lifespan, deliberately design materials that degrade over time for purposes like medical implants ...

While natural polymers, including starches and cellulose, are still commonly used in biomedical research, the utilization of synthetic biodegradable polymers in pharmaceutical and tissue-engineering ...

Surgical or traumatic wounds require closing. Sutures are medical tools that help close a wound. They reduce the risk of infection and support the healing process. For example, a dentist who has to ...

Swiss scientists have developed textile fibers that can be loaded up with just about any drug, then used to dispense that medication precisely where it's needed in the body. The fibers could be ...