A lightweight reinforced mesh, such as a surgical mesh, suitable for use in various applications, including breast reconstruction, cosmetic breast surgery, mastopexy, breast augmentation, breast reduction, soft tissue reconstruction, hernia repair, tissue plication reinforcement, tissue support and repair, tendon support and repair, tissue engineering, and procedures or other applications requiring additional soft tissue strength or thickness. In addition, disclosed is a use of such a mesh for tissue engineering, regardless of the surgical application. In particular, the present disclosure relates to a surgical mesh capable of providing enhanced support while maintaining flexibility, low density, and absorbable characteristics. Further the present disclosure, focuses on reducing the material burden of a scaffold while increasing void space to facilitate tissue ingrowth.

Staple cartridge assemblies for use with surgical stapling instruments and methods for manufacturing the same are provided. Scaffolds for use with a surgical staple cartridge and methods for manufacturing the same are also provided.

The present invention relates to a biodegradable non-woven fabric, a method for producing a biodegradable non-woven fabric and a wipe. The biodegradable non-woven fabric comprises biodegradable fibers. At least a part of the biodegradable fibers is entangled with each other, such that individual biodegradable fibers are in contact with each other at entangling points. At least a part of the entangling points is provided with a biodegradable binder.

A mucoadhesive solid or semisolid ocular delivery systems that includes a matrix of preactivated thiomers, preferably under the form of ocular inserts or ocular films. The ocular delivery systems are useful for ocular drug delivery for the treatment of ocular diseases. The delivery systems of the invention can also be used for alleviating ocular conditions such as dry eye syndrome.

The present invention relates to an adhesive silicone patch to be applied to a wearable product. The adhesive silicone patch provides the function of assisting the musculoskeletal system and ligaments for each part of the human body, the function of preventing secondary damage, the function of supporting the injured part, and the function of promoting blood circulation. In addition, the adhesive silicone patch dramatically reduces the concentration of lactic acid generated during exercise. The present invention also relates to a wearable product provided with the adhesive silicone patch. The adhesive silicone patch is applied to the inner surface of a wearable product such as clothing and includes a first functional layer. The first functional layer includes a two-component liquid silicone rubber (LSR) and a silicone-based pressure-sensitive adhesive (PSA). The LSR is composed of a main component and a crosslinking agent. The PSA is included in an amount of 50 to 200 parts by weight with respect to 100 parts by weight of the LSR.

A patient interface for delivery of a supply of pressurised air or breathable gas to an entrance of a patient's airways comprising: a cushion member that includes a retaining structure and a seal-forming structure permanently connected to the retaining structure; a frame member attachable to the retaining structure; and a positioning and stabilising structure attachable to the frame member.

Disclosed herein are methods of producing a cartilaginous implant by producing a polymer scaffold composition by electrospinning a polymer solution onto a collector in order to obtain polymer fibers; crosslinking the polymer fibers; and adding a plurality of cells to the polymer scaffold composition, wherein the plurality of cells comprises cartilaginous cells to form a cartilaginous implant.

A removable constraining device, systems, and methods for constraining and delivering an expandable member is disclosed. The removable constraining device includes a plurality of strands interlocking to form a cover body having a length, the plurality of strands in the form of a warp knit, and the plurality of strands including at least a first set of strands and a second set of strands. The removable constraining device also includes a first release zone defined by the first set of strands of the cover body along the length of the cover body and a second release zone defined by the seconds set of strands of the cover body, the second release zone being coextensive with the first release zone along at least a portion of the length of the cover body. The removable constraining device may be released at release zones by substantially simultaneously tensioning deployment lines.

An apparatus and method of manufacturing same is provided. The apparatus comprises a base layer integrated with an article; an electrode mounted adjacent to a conductive layer, both the electrode and conductive layer mounted on the base layer; an active electrode board in electrical communication with the conductive layer and the electrode, the active electrode board configured receive and/or send electrical signals from the electrode. The electrode comprises filaments or filament yarn knitted into a textile. The filaments or filament yarn comprise thermoplastic elastomers (TPE) blended with one or multiple conductive filler/s for improving impedance at the skin-electrode interface.

The disclosure provides improved vent filters useful in single-use in-line transfusion systems. In a first aspect, the disclosure provides filter comprising (i) a layer comprising a fluoropolymer membrane and (ii) a layer comprising at least two air-permeable thermoplastic polymeric layers, the air-permeable thermoplastic polymeric layers comprised of a first polymeric layer and a second polymeric layer, wherein the first polymeric layer is in bonded contact with the fluoropolymer membrane, possesses a melting point of about 95° C. to about 180° C., and wherein the second polymeric layer is in bonded contact with the first polymeric layer and has a melting point of about 220° C. to about 265° C. These filters exhibit excellent bonding strength between the various layers while preserving a considerable amount of the original fluoropolymer membrane air flux.