British scientists have created a novel bio-absorbable implant that uses the body's natural building materials to seal a hole in the heart, avoiding the need for open-heart surgery or metal implants.

MUMBAI: Dr Craig Juergens, a senior cardiologist practising in Sydney, stopped by in Mumbai for an unusual cause: learning the use of bio-absorbable stent in patients with complex heart disease. Two ...

‌Absorbable sutures, also known as dissolvable stitches, are sutures that can naturally dissolve and be absorbed by the body as a wound heals. Not all wounds are sealed with absorbable sutures.

Cardiology department of Sir Sundar Lal Hospital, Banaras Hindu University completed the procedure of implanting the latest bio-absorbable stent known as Bio-absorbate Vascular Scaffold in one patient ...

To minimise the risk of blood clotting, new bio-absorbable stents were implanted in a patient on Friday at Chawla Heartcare Centre. The bio-absorbable stents are made of normal body carbon, which ...

Hyderabad: Stents grabbed the limelight in July last year when government regulators brought them under the National List of Essential Medicines, in a bid to make them more accessible and affordable ...

Doctors at a city hospital carried out an angioplasty procedure on a 65-year-old businessman using a new bio-absorbable stent which dissolves completely in the blood in approximately 18 months.

Meniscus repair systems is a device intended for use in meniscal repairs and meniscal allograft transplant procedures such as insertion, anchoring or suturing the allograft to the meniscal rim during ...