Secant Medical to discuss versatility of implantable fabrics
March 28, 2013 - United Kingdom
Secant Medical, Inc. will discuss how biomedical textiles enhance the function of medical devices, from heart valves and hernia meshes to sutures and stent-grafts, at the BIOMEDevice Exhibition and Conference in Boston, MA on April 10-11, 2013.
“BIOMEDevice is a great forum to chat with device developers and understand how materials and geometry can enhance design.”
Biomedical textile engineering and biomaterials science are addressing the need for flexible, versatile and low-profile medical devices. Secant Medical's engineers will be educating attendees about how the combination of biomaterials research, analysis and engineering can enable device design at its booth (#763) during the BIOMEDevice event.
“Secant Medical is continuing to expand its capabilities and services with a focus on evolving biomaterial technologies to fulfill unmet needs in the industry,” said Stephanie Lietz, development manager at Secant Medical. “BIOMEDevice is a great forum to chat with device developers and understand how materials and geometry can enhance design.”
BIOMEDevice Expo brings together hundreds of world-class suppliers, exhibiting the latest medical-grade materials, assembly components, design and engineering support, as well as a full range of services for every phase of the medical product development process ranging from initial start-up and R&D through end-product marketing.
About Secant Medical:
Secant Medical designs and manufactures biomedical textiles and other structures for medical devices. Employing medical fabric engineering technologies, we blend polymeric, metallic and resorbable biomaterials to create custom, high-performance structures that are used in the cardiovascular, general surgery, neurovascular, orthopedic and regenerative medicine fields. Built on a 70-year history, we’re committed to the future of biomaterials and their role in the healing process and are actively engaged in research partnerships to advance next-generation biomaterial development. Secant Medical is a business unit of Fenner PLC, a worldwide leader in reinforced polymer engineering headquartered in Yorkshire, England.