B. Braun Surgical Gmbh

Deutsche Institute Fur Textil-und Faserforschung Stuttgart Stiftung . . .

Deutsche Institute Fur Textil-und Faserforschung Stuttgart Stiftung Des Offentlichen Rechts

Deutsche Institute Für Textil-und Faserforschung Stuttgart Stiftung Des Oeffentlichen Rechts

Erhard Mueller

Heinrich Planck

Helmut Hierlemann

Helmut Goldmann

Sven Oberhoffner

Hans-Gerd Schmees

Burkhard Schlosshauer

Anette Arnold

Bernhard Leibl

A biologically resorbable nerve guide rail with a microporous guide tube of polymers of hydroxycarboxylic acids, where the porosity allows a metabolism through the tube wall, but prevents the passage of cells, and optionally several monofilaments of polymers of hydroxycarboxylic acids located in the guide tube, is characterized in that the inner surface of the tube and/or the surface of the monofilaments have an orientation aid for longitudinally oriented colonization with Schwann's cells.

Bioresorbable nerve guide rail

A suture material for surgery comprises one or more filaments and is formed with a coating, which is characterized in that the coating at least partly comprises a bioresorbable polymer, which is essentially formed from a random terpolymer with a completely amorphous structure.

Suture material for surgery, processes for its production and the use thereof

A flat hernia implant with a flexible fabric formed from at least two textile fabric structures constructed substantially independently of one another and firmly interconnected over the entire surface area of the hernia implant so as to form a composite structure, is made available for use in surgery.

Hernia implant, method for its manufacture and use in surgery

A surgical suture material of absorbable, synthetic polymer is formed from glycolide-trimethylene carbonate copolymer with a glycolide content higher than 76 wt. % and with a statistical distribution of the monomers. Within 9 to 21 days, the suture material has a complete breaking strength loss and is completely absorbed in vivo after 35 to 91 days.

Surgical suture material, its use in surgery and process for its

Surgical suture material and method of making and using same

A surgical suturing thread is coated with a fatty acid metal salt. For this purpose it is dissolved in an organic solvent and the suturing thread is coated with the hot solution, whose temperature is so high that the fatty acid metal salt remains in the dissolved state. The solvent is then evaporated from the thus applied coating at elevated temperature.

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Erhard Mueller