Degradable Surgical Implant may Revolutionise Surgery

A team of scientists has created a degradable implant which has a lot of potential to improve surgical success rates.

According to researchers in Oxford, the protective patch, which wraps round soft tissue repairs, will be help patients with shoulder injuries, but sometime later can also benifit patients with other conditions including arthritis, hernias and heart defects, the BBC reported.

Smart Coating On Surgical Implants To Ward Off Infection
Researchers at North Carolina State University have developed a smart coating that helps surgical implants bond more closely with bone and ward off infection.

The researchers led by Professor Andrew Carr have developed the implant using a mix of modern and ancient technology.

One side of the patch is made of resilient woven material, to help it withstand the stresses of movement after surgery, and the other side is made of thread spun a hundred times finer than human hair.

Its surface encourages cells to grip and bond, as they would naturally in a much younger patient.

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Carr, who led the research project to improve the success rate and ensure a quicker recovery, said the results in laboratory tests have been encouraging, and they hope to start clinical trials in patients soon.

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Retisert - A Surgical Implant To Prevent Blindness
Researchers at the University of Iowa have tested and are now using a surgical implant called Retisert to prevent a rare eye condition, sympathetic ophthalmia.

Coating �Nature�s Antibiotics� On Surgical Implants Can Prevent Infection
Scientists say that coating medical devices with a mimic of one of “nature’s antibiotics” may prevent infection and rejection.