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...

05 Feb

Posted at 15:33h in Coverage

In the January/February 2021 issue of Medical Product Outsourcing, Cortland Biomedical's John Greco discusses three areas where biomedical textiles have the potential to add significant innovation in the year ahead and beyond: orthopedics, cardiovascular, and robotic surgery. Read the article here. ...

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 ā€“ 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...

29 Sep

Posted at 13:04h in Press Releases

Cortland, NY, September 29, 2020 - During a year marked by unprecedented global challenges, Cortland Biomedical remained steadfast in its commitment to advance the possibilities for less invasive surgical procedures through the development of advanced medical textile constructions. Ā The full-service medical textiles product development partner -- which provides access to...

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...