polyester

Smith & Nephew Announces Launch of ACTICOAT Flex Wound Care Products in the USA

... Dr. Logsetty. "The Flex dressing allows exudate to pass through, which is a great advantage," he explained. "Combining the flexibility of the polyester mesh substrate with the proven effectiveness of ACTICOAT's nanocrystalline silver technology is an exciting and significant development for the ACTICO...

Premiere Fibers Unveils New Logo, Names for Innovative Brands

...rel, military, upholstery and industrial market segments. About Premiere Fibers, Inc.: Premiere Fibers, Inc. manufactures and markets nylon, polyester as well as other melt spinnable filament yarns to the military, industrial technical, medical, activewear, specialty apparel and hosiery market segmen...

Foamtec International Takes the Strain Out of Cleanroom Mopping

...ng for Foamtec International. Central to PharmaMOP's performance is a patent-pending mop head constructed of cleanroom foam enclosed in cleanroom polyester or microfiber fabric. This tri-layer design eliminates the need for a wringer and enables operators to apply the proper amount of disinfectants to be...

Zeus Webinar: Bioabsorbable Polymers as Biomaterials

...sign. Attendees will also gain valuable information related to the following sub-topics: tBioabsorbable Polymer Applications tBioabsorbable polyester Design tBiodegradation tProcessing tSterilization tPackaging "There has been steady growth in the area of biomaterials and this...

Research Grant to Fund Free Surgeries for Women Suffering From Blocked Fallopian Tubes

...e a new procedure that does not involve any surgical incisions. The doctor inserts spring-like coils, called Essure micro-inserts, which are made from polyester fibers and metals like those used in heart valve replacements. They are inserted through the body's natural pathways (i.e., vagina, cervix, and uterus...

ATS Medical Receives FDA Clearance for ATS Simulus Semi-Rigid Annuloplasty Ring

...esults of our collaboration with Genesee BioMedical, ATS Simulus(R) Flexible rings and bands, were introduced in 2006 and employ an innovative braided polyester material that uniquely offers flexibility without elasticity. The ease and reproducibility facilitated during implant has helped us rapidly carve out ...

Mother and Daughter Create Lead-Free/Safe Bibs and Solve Messy Mealtime Problems

...nyl with that 'vinyl smell' which ultimately develops those awful odors as you wipe them off after several uses." "We developed a fabric that is 100% polyester taffeta, and liquid and stain resistant. More importantly, THE CRUMB CHUM IS LEAD-FREE. It's a lightweight fabric, which gently drapes, allows mobilit...

Scientists Develop Artificial Blood Vessels for Vascular Grafts in Mice

...sociate Professor of Surgery and Bioengineering, the researchers developed vascular graft by bulk seeding MDSCs inside a biodegradable porous, tubular polyester urethane scaffold using a rotational vacuum seeding device. After they had cultured their vascular constructs for seven days, the researchers ...

Novel Catheter Technique Successfully Patches Holes in the Heart

...l Corp., Plymouth, MN). The VSD patch is composed of two discs connected by a thick shaft. The discs are made of flexible nitinol metal and covered in polyester fabric that encourages heart tissue to grow over the discs, completely covering them during healing. Before implantation, the flexible double-...

Revolutionary Net To Control Malaria

...he net will avoid the problems of chemically treated nets, which are the main method of controlling malaria. Existing chemically treated cotton or polyester nets need re-treating or replacing within 20-25 washes. The move away from insecticides has the added benefit of preventing mosquitoes from becoming r...

polyester in Medical Products

NUNC Polyester Sealing Tape, Clear, Non-Sterile

Description: Sealing tape, slightly stiffer than Polyolefin tape....
Company:Nunc Brand Products

NUNC Polyester Sealing Tape, White, Sterile

Description: Sealing tape featuring 3M adhesive technology. Opaque and strong. Prevents photo-degradation....
Company:Nunc Brand Products

NUNC Polyester Sealing Tape, Clear, Sterile

Description: Sealing tape, slightly stiffer than Polyolefin tape. Certified RNase and DNase free....
Company:Nunc Brand Products

MERSILENE polyester fiber mesh

Description: A nonabsorbable knitted product for use in herniorrhaphy. MERSILENE Polyester Fiber Mesh is a highly flexible and compliant material that affords excellent strength, durability and surgical adaptability, along with maximal porosity for necessary tissue ingrowth. Mersilene Polyester Fiber Mesh is c...
Company:Ethicon, Inc.

Perclose A-T Suture-Mediated Closure

Description:... Provides the security of braided polyester suture and ease of an automated knot for vascular closure of 5-8Fr....
Company:Abbott Vascular

Immersion Oil, BTL

Description:... Immersion oil composed on polyester polyol, diphenyl cresyl phosphate and tricyclodecane dimethanol....
Company:Carl Zeiss MicroImaging, Inc.

Zenith AAA Endovascular Graft

Description:...or endovascular repair. The Zenith AAA Endovascular Graft is a device placed within an aneurysm to "seal off" the aneurysm. The graft is made of woven polyester graft material like that used in open surgical repair. Standard surgical suture is used to sew the graft material to a frame of stainless steel stents...
Company:Cook Vascular, Inc.

SJM Seguin Annuloplasty Ring

Description:... The SJM Sguin annuloplasty ring, a semi-rigid ring, is constructed of a one-piece solid core of ultra-high-weight polyethylene enclosed in a knitted polyester sewing cuff....
Company:St. Jude Medical, Inc.

SJM Tailor Annuloplasty Ring

Description:... The SJM Tailor annuloplasty ring, a fully flexible ring, is constructed of a barium-impregnated silicone strip covered with a knitted polyester sewing cuff....
Company:St. Jude Medical, Inc.

Bio-FASTak® Suture Anchor

Description:... smoothly enhancing the performance of arthroscopic sliding-knots. The Bio-FASTak is available with either one or two #2 FiberWire sutures or with one polyester Tevdek suture. A needle version is also available. All of the Bio-FASTaks are sterile and preloaded on a disposable handled inserter for speed and con...
Company:Arthrex

polyester in Biological News

Crustacean shell with polyester creates mixed-fiber material for nerve repair

In the clothing industry it's common to mix natural and synthetic fibers. Take cotton and add polyester to make clothing that's soft, breathable and wrinkle free. Now researchers at the University of Washington are using the same principle for biomedical applications. Mixing chitosan, found in ...

Natural polyester makes new sutures stronger, safer

With the help of a new type of suture based on MIT research, patients who get stitches may never need to have them removed. A biopolymer suture cleared last month by the FDA is made of materials that the human body produces naturally, so they can be safely absorbed once the wound is healed. They ...

NIST issues first reference material for tissue engineering

...nections. The three new NIST reference materials are disks approximately 20 millimeters across and 5 millimeters high formed of crisscrossed layers polyester struts approximately 200 micrometers in diameter. Varying the spacing of the struts in each layer resulted in three different average porosities for t...

Prosthetic vein valve designed to direct blood flow shows promising pre-clinical results

...sults showed that the new generation of valves remained open with no clot formation after 120 minutes of blood flow, whereas control valves lined with polyester closed up after approximately six minutes of perfusion and showed blood cells adhering to the valves. The laboratory tests showed that the prosthet...

American Chemical Society's Weekly PressPac -- June 25, 2008

...o prepare microcapsules containing limonene, the familiar scent abundant in lemons and widely-used in perfumes, and applied the capsules onto wool and polyester samples. In laboratory tests, the microcapsules showed good performance in terms of prolonged fragrance production and durability, the researchers say...

University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine researchers develop 'off-the-shelf' vascular grafts

...University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, developed its vascular graft by “bulk seeding,” or spraying, MDSCs inside a biodegradable porous, tubular polyester urethane scaffold using a rotational vacuum seeding device. After culturing their vascular constructs for seven days, the investigators then imp...

Soft-cell approach cuts animal tests

...s, Shahnaz Bakand and Chris Winder, directly exposes human cells to airborne toxicants and measures cytotoxic effects. The cells are grown on a porous polyester membrane inside a small diffusion chamber and then exposed to selected toxic air pollutants. After as little as one hour's exposure, they can study ce...

Chemical tests of cell growth enter third dimension

...that allows cells to grow in natural 3D bundles. In the body, cells cling to supportive tissues as they grow; inside the FBB, they cling to strands of polyester fibers. For the first of the two new technologies, Yang took the basic concept behind the FBB and combined it with laboratory testing methods that ...

Deep thinking: Scientists sequence a cold-loving marine microbe

...hraea's estimated 4,937 genes apparently code for adaptive traits such as cell membranes packed with polyunsaturated fatty acids that resist freezing, polyester compounds that offer extra energy reserves, protective solutes inside cells, and ordinary enzymes altered to function in chilly seawater. "Our goal...

polyester in Biological Technology

New Genomatica Chemical Process Targets Ailing Ethanol Assets

... $2 billion per year. MEK is a solvent used in coatings and paint, also known as butanone. MEK also acts as a processing tool for synthetic rubber and polyester resin products. Because it is expected to be cost-advantaged against traditional manufacturing techniques for MEK, with a low-capital outlay, G...

Zeus Webinar: Bioabsorbable Polymers as Biomaterials

...design. Attendees will also gain valuable information related to the following sub-topics: -- Bioabsorbable Polymer Applications -- Bioabsorbable polyester Design -- Biodegradation -- Processing -- Sterilization -- Packaging "There has been steady growth in the area of biomaterials and this webinar ...

Cool! Nanoparticle research points to energy savings

...rgy. NIST researcher Mark Kedzierski has found that dispersing sufficient amounts of copper oxide particles (30 nanometers in diameter) in a common polyester lubricant and combining it with an equally pedestrian refrigerant (R134a) improves heat transfer by between 50 percent and 275 percent. We were astoun...

New Liko Multiple Purpose Lifting Straps Facilitate Patient Care Tasks

...uce the number of caregivers required to perform certain tasks. Multi-Strap products are offered in a variety of sizes from narrow to ultra, in both polyester and disposable materials. All feature a pocket to assist the caregiver with application solutions. An additional fix clip is included with a buckle fo...

LeMaitre Vascular Acquires Biomateriali, a Vascular Graft Manufacturer

...ufactures, and markets straight and bifurcated polyester arterial prostheses. polyester vascular grafts are used in a variety of arter...ional markets. Biomateriali also supplies straight polyester conduit grafts for cardiovascular surgery on a...

A technique for increasing yields in bioreactors and disposable cell-culture systems

...the worlds first licensed gene-therapy drug. Manufactured according to cGMP guidelines, FibraCel disks are composed of a polyester nonwoven fiber bonded to polypropylene mesh, providing a three-dimensional substrate to which cells can readily attach or in which they become ent...

polyester in Biological Dictionary

Microfilament

...Shop for Devon & Jones Canvas Jacket D960 and Jackets at Shop.com. 100% polyester micro-fleece lining; soft microfilament polyester sleeve lining; roomy fit two... Other microfilament proteins such as...