Teleflex Medical OEM announces advanced braiding technology

^{Provider of custom-engineered sutures, Teleflex Medical OEM, has introduced an advanced braiding technology that can divide a suture into multiple end branches or integrate several “loops” within the strand.}

The technology features a continuous braiding process that can produce variations of complex, divided segments at the end of a suture, or between singular round or flat tape segments. The braiding is intended to reduce the need for expensive and time-intensive manual sewing.

The braiding allows for a range of configurations that are expected to be used in orthopaedic applications where two sutures are currently used for fixation.

The process can be used to customise Teleflex Medical OEM products including its Force Fiber OrthoTape Braid, a flat tape, and the company’s Force Fiber Fusion Suture, a product that transitions from round suture to a flat centre and back to round suture in one seamless strand.