A protective device, in particular an anti-erosion protective device, preferably a geotextile, is at least configured to be planarly spread over a surface, in particular an earth surface, that is to be protected, and which is at least largely implemented of a plurality of synthetic fibers interconnected via force-fit connection and/or substance-to-substance bond and arranged in such a way that they form an essentially three-dimensional structuring, wherein at least a large portion of the synthetic fibers are at least largely biodegradable.

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 heart valve replacement is provided including a tubular body portion having a proximal end, a distal end and a central portion arranged between said proximal and distal ends, defining a longitudinal direction of the valve replacement and having an inner wall region; a valve having at least one leaflet attached to the inner wall region of the central portion, each one of said leaflets being movable between a closing position and an opening position of the valve, wherein the tubular body portion is fabricated from a combination of a biostable polymer and a biodegradable biomaterial adapted to allow in-growth of tissue of the host and to increase its size concomitantly with surrounding organ structures of a host, and wherein the valve is fabricated of a biostable polymer connected to the biostable polymer of the tubular body portion.

Disclosed is a bending-resistant nerve catheter and a preparation method and application thereof, and relates to the technical field of tissue engineering materials. The catheter of the present application includes an inner layer, a middle layer and an outer layer, and each layer uses raw materials of biodegradable polymers; among them, the inner layer includes a smooth surface inner layer, an oriented microchannel inner layer or a fibrous inner layer, the middle layer is a fibrous middle layer with crossing angles, the middle layer is prepared by entangling micron fibers with a certain angular arrangement, and the outer layer is made of randomly entangled polymer fibers and is tightly bonded to the middle layer.

The present invention belongs to the technical field of gloves, and relates to a biodegradable glove and a preparation method thereof. It comprises the following steps: S1, passing a glass fiber or steel yarn metal through a yarn tension controller and the spindle hole as the yarn core, and winding and wrapping the biodegradable filament yarn as the outer yarn to form the coated yarn for gloves, then weaving into textile gloves on a glove knitting machine; S2. gum dipping the textile gloves to form the degradable gloves. The preparation method is simple and easy to operate, and is suitable for large-scale production.

The present disclosure relates to a co-polyester resin of a composition including dicarboxylic acid, wherein the composition includes C.sub.2-5 aliphatic diol and isosorbide in an amount of 70 mol to 97.5 mol and 2.5 mol to 30 mol, respectively, based on 100 mol of the dicarboxylic acid, and the dicarboxylic acid includes C.sub.2-6 aliphatic dicarboxylic acid and cyclic aromatic dicarboxylic acid.

Processes for making fibrous structures and more particularly processes for making fibrous structures comprising filaments are provided.

There is provided a synthetic polymer fibre having an amorphous phase of at least 10% of the crystallinity ratio. The synthetic polymer fibre includes 0.1 to 5.0 wt. % of a biodegradation—inducing additive with respect to the total weight of the synthetic polymer fibre. The biodegradation-inducing additive is incorporated in the amorphous phase such that the biodegradation-inducing additive is physically and/or chemically accessible for a biodegradation initiation to form nuclei of biodegradation within the amorphous phase.

A biodegradable additive, a biodegradable polyester fiber and a method for producing the same, and a biodegradable fabric are provided. The biodegradable additive includes a polyester resin material and a biodegradable resin material. The biodegradable resin material is at least one material selected from the group consisting of polybutylene succinate (PBS), polybutylene adipate terephthalate (PBAT), polycaprolactone (PCL), polylactic acid (PLA), and derivatives thereof. In the biodegradable additive, a content range of the polyester resin material is between 40 wt % and 80 wt %, and a content range of the biodegradable resin material is between 20 wt % and 60 wt %.

An article including one or more moisture wicking layers and one or more fibrous layers. The fibrous layers may have generally vertically oriented fibers, which may be oriented generally perpendicularly to a surface having or producing moisture. The article may be adapted to remove moisture form the surface having or producing moisture. The article may be breathable. The article may be quick drying. The article may provide cushioning. The article may be a wearable item.