Archive: 2022

Freudenberg Performance Materials has introduced an elastic variant of its flexible superabsorbers for wound dressings.

Women at risk of pregnancy loss who need a specialist surgical procedure could benefit from a single-stranded suture thread to reduce the risk of infection,...

An implantable self-gripping hernia prosthesis for mending defects and weaknesses of soft tissue and muscle walls has been developed by C R Bard of Murray...

New research from Binghamton University’s Thomas J Watson College of Engineering and Applied Science takes an initial step toward better understanding of the wound healing...

St Gallen, Switzerland-based Nahtlos has received CHF1m in a first round of financing from a network of business angels in Switzerland and Liechtenstein and the...

An improved wound dressing that is said to offer lower biological toxicity and provide long-term application is disclosed by Dr Chin-San Huang, chairman of nonwovens...

Researchers at Queen’s University Belfast have designed a bandage/scaffold to treat diabetic foot ulcers, which is said to be cost-effective while improving patient outcomes.

A US-based online baby and maternity supply store has launched what is claimed to be the first-ever fever patch for babies.

Honey has exceptional antimicrobial and tissue-regenerative properties that should be exploited to the full to help wounds heal, say scientists from the UK’s University of...

An improved method for creating an absorbable surgical mesh for repairing soft tissue defects has been developed by Chicago, Illinois, USA-based medical device company Surgical...