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Urogyn B.v.

Robert Mrugas

Jan Albert De Vries

A synthetic ligament made of a plurality of polymer filaments comprising two intra-osseous portions (), within which polymer filaments are oriented only longitudinally and are woven together longitudinally and knotlessly to form a dense weave, and one intra-articular portion (), located between the two intra-osseous portions (), which comprises loose filaments and is untwisted around its axis. A method of producing a synthetic ligament in which the step of weaving of the polymer filaments within the intra-osseous portions () is carried out by means of longitudinal and knotless weaving to obtain a dense weave, with polymer filaments within the intra-articular portion () of a ligament remaining loose. A use of a synthetic ligament as a medical implant for the reconstruction of ligaments and tendons, notably knee ligaments.

Synthetic ligament, method of producing same and use thereof

Applicator for injecting a bulking agent at one or more selected submucosal positions in a periurethral tissue of a female patients' urethra. The applicator comprises a lance, such as a cystoscope with a distal end provided with one or more optical sensors, and a needle guide with a bore receiving the lance. The needle guide comprises needle channels at different angular positions, each needle channel extending between a needle entrance surface and an opposite shoulder surface. The needle channels are oriented to direct a needle via external peripheral tissue of the urethral meatus to a submucosal position at a urethra section, e.g., within the optical scope of the optical sensor.

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Warsaw, Poland

Robert Mrugas