Archive: 2022

A method of forming a suture having various cross-sectional shapes is disclosed by medical technologies corporation Stryker.

Dressings, such as bandages or tapes that are extensible so as to conform to a body contour at a wound surface upon stretching of the...

Canadian scientists have developed an inexpensive, non-toxic coating for almost any fabric that is claimed to decrease the infectivity of the virus that causes Covid-19...

Reusable and biodegradable menstrual underwear (so-called period pants) made with viscose fibres has been developed by a researcher working at Hof University of Applied Sciences.

US engineers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have developed a strong, flexible and biocompatible sticky patch that can be easily and quickly applied to...

A treatment that has been proven to reduce malodours, such as putrescene and cadaverine, from chronic wounds when dry-impregnated into nonwoven dressings has been launched...

A reinforced skirted mesh for use in hernia repair has been developed by Medtronic Minimally Invasive Therapies Group (formerly Covidien).

Antibacterial wound dressings, bandages or other wound coverings that incorporate amoeba for the treatment or prevention of microbial infection, especially antibiotic-resistant bacterial infection, are disclosed...

Honey has been used as a medicinal aid for thousands of years and is well established in its ability to treat acute and chronic wounds.