Global Absorbable Sutures Market OverviewThe global absorbable sutures market is projected to grow at a steady rate of around 5% over the next five years, supported by the increasing number of ...

Liquid stitches are used to close and protect wounds instead of sutures or bandages. They’re a colorless, sticky liquid glue that can be placed directly on a wound to hold together the torn edges of ...

Triboelectric effect The bioabsorbable electrical stimulation suture (BioES-suture) converts the mechanical energy of movement into effective electrical stimulation. (Courtesy: Zhouquan Sun and ...

In surgical procedures, the last knot of a suture is crucial because it must hold the wound firmly in place to allow proper ...

Get the latest federal technology news delivered to your inbox. To detect wound complications as soon as they happen, researchers have invented a battery-free “smart suture” that can wirelessly sense ...

Tunica albuginea plication (TAP) surgery for Peyronie’s disease (PD) is classically described using nonabsorbable suture. Many patients are aware of nodularity at the suture sites (50–88%), and some ...

Starting with fibers taken from pig tissue, researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have developed dissolving sutures that can be loaded with molecular sensors or medication.

A stitch in time might save a little more than nine now that researchers have successfully developed electronic sutures that monitor wounds and help speed up the healing process. Invented by John ...

Stitches commonly used to sew up a pregnant woman’s cervix and prevent early labor can backfire — dramatically increasing her risk of premature labor and pregnancy loss. A specific type of thick, ...

The Endo Stitch, produced by Covidien in North Haven, is a 10mm single-use automated suturing device with two jaws. A sutured Endo Stitch needle, loaded from a single-use loading unit, is held in one ...