10 Feb

Posted at 14:20h in Insights

Sports and other physical activities contribute to many injuries annually. Per 2019 statistics from the National Safety Council (NSC), there were nearly three million sports recreation-related injuries in the U.S. that year alone that required treatment in hospital emergency rooms. Exercise accounted for the most (468,000 injuries), followed by cycling...

04 Jan

Posted at 10:17h in Insights

Biomedical textiles are gaining significant momentum for use in medical devices to facilitate less invasive surgical procedures. Today, implantable biomedical textiles play a role in a wide range of products spanning orthopedics, cardiovascular, general surgery, sports medicine, surgical robotics – and many other applications. But despite their growing popularity, there...

19 Oct

Posted at 15:24h in Insights

A growing geriatric population, rising chronic disease rates, and increased demand for less invasive surgical procedures are some of the major factors contributing to the adoption of automation in healthcare[i]. Incorporating robots in the operating room has enabled a shift away from open-surgery, and towards complex, high-precision procedures that can...

30 Jun

Posted at 03:36h in Insights

By John Greco, Vice President, Sales Biomedical textiles have been incorporated in to medical devices for cardiovascular and endovascular applications for more than 50 years. Initially, textiles were limited primarily to vascular grafts and heart valve sewing cuffs for use in traditional aortic valve repair. This eventually expanded to include products...

28 May

Posted at 18:12h in Insights

By Michelle Lishner, Medical Design Engineer
Minimally invasive surgical approaches have the potential to significantly improve overall patient outcomes, as well as reduce overall costs to the healthcare system. Patients undergoing minimally invasive surgery (MIS) generally report less post-surgical pain and more rapid recovery times than those treated with traditional...

28 Feb

Posted at 16:51h in Insights

By Shanzeh Farooqui, Development Engineering Lead
For too long, textile manufacturers complacent with the status quo have defined the landscape of medical textile manufacturing. The market is inundated with old fashioned practices of lengthy quote cycles, guarded information, and extensive red tape. Driven by an outdated business model, manufacturers have overlooked...

19 Dec

Posted at 15:53h in Insights

By Jeffrey Koslosky, Director, Engineering & Product Development
Biomedical textiles come in many forms – namely woven, non-woven, braided and knitted. Knitted fabric structures, which can be formed via warp knitting or weft knitting, are highly flexible, conformable and often have high porosity....