We have designed a novel wound dressing material which is nonadhesive,bactericidal, biologically compatible (nonimmunogenic, noninflammatory, nonthrombogenic) and impermeable to bacteria. wound dressing materials in use today (example: gauze) can be treated with an insoluble, antibiotic-containing,… More

The need for patent small diameter vascular grafts is immediate. at present there is no fda-approved small vessel graft of 5mm or smaller; small diameter (58mm) grafts currently in use (dacron, expanded polytetrafluoroethylene (ptfe) teflon, autologous saphenous vein, umbilical vein biograft)… More

Currently, the vitreous compartment of owl monkeys is used to evaluate viscoelastic hyaluronan ophthalmic medical devices before use in humans. to date, no test other than the monkey vitreous test (mvt) has been able to predict, with the required consistency, the inflammatory/noninflammatory nature… More