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Shape-memory polymers – materials that transform themselves into a pre-determined shape when activated – will reach clinics beginning this year in the form of self-tying sutures, fast-adjusting ...

Surgeons performing “keyhole” operations have a new tool – biodegradable sutures than can be tied loosely and then tighten up automatically as the body warms them. Minimally-invasive surgery has many ...

Scientists have developed a smart suture that can tie itself, a new study shows. Moreover, the thermoplastic threads, which change their shape in response to temperature, can slowly break down in the ...

A literature search was carried out for this briefing in accordance with the interim process and methods statement. This briefing includes the most relevant or best available published evidence ...

A new biodegradable plastic could be used for medical applications such as a suture that ties its own knot, according to its inventors. The researchers say the new plastic could be engineered to be ...

Suturing, which is the surgical task of sewing together what has been sliced apart, has long required the patient skill of a seamstress. The North American Indians used bone needles and sutures made ...

Historically, sutures were used to repair the meniscus in an open ligament procedure. The disadvantages of the suture technique include (1) the need for a second incision, resulting in a longer ...