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Textiles are proving to be a viable and advantageous alternative to traditional metal in robotic devices

19 Oct Textile Innovation for Surgical Robotics Applications

Posted at 15:24h in Insights

A growing geriatric population, rising chronic disease rates, and increased demand for less invasive surgical procedures are some of the major factors contributing to the adoption of automation in healthcare[i]. Incorporating robots in the operating room has enabled a shift away from open-surgery, and towards complex, high-precision procedures that can...

28 Sep A Team Effort to Prototype and Manufacture Surgical Masks Amid COVID-19 PPE Shortage

Posted at 18:03h in Insights

As hospitals and health care facilities across the country and the world felt the catastrophic strain caused by the global COVID-19 pandemic, the team at Cortland Biomedical wondered how we could help. We were hearing about the mass shortages of personal protective equipment (PPE) for health care providers on the...

Orthopedic Biomedical Textile Structures

29 Jul Enabling Minimally Invasive Orthopedic Procedures with Biomedical Textile Structures

Posted at 19:46h in Insights

By John Greco, Vice President, Sales
The orthopedic sector has seen an increase in sports and other physical activity-related soft tissue injuries across a younger generation of patients....

30 Jun Biomedical Textile Design for Cardiovascular and Endovascular Applications

Posted at 03:36h in Insights

By John Greco, Vice President, Sales Biomedical textiles have been incorporated in to medical devices for cardiovascular and endovascular applications for more than 50 years. Initially, textiles were limited primarily to vascular grafts and heart valve sewing cuffs for use in traditional aortic valve repair. This eventually expanded to include products...

28 May Facilitating Minimally Invasive Surgeries with Innovative Biomedical Textile Engineering

Posted at 18:12h in Insights

By Michelle Lishner, Medical Design Engineer
Minimally invasive surgical approaches have the potential to significantly improve overall patient outcomes, as well as reduce overall costs to the healthcare system. Patients undergoing minimally invasive surgery (MIS) generally report less post-surgical pain and more rapid recovery times than those treated with traditional...

03 Apr Maintaining Textile Innovation for Medical Device Development Amidst the COVID-19 Crisis

Posted at 20:32h in Insights

By John Greco, Vice President, Sales
As the country and the world grapple with these new and uncharted waters we currently find ourselves in, companies and workers across the globe have shown an inspiring willingness to do what’s best for our larger communities in order to protect not just their...

28 Feb Closing the Gap to Break Down Barriers to Innovation in Medical Textile Engineering

Posted at 16:51h in Insights

By Shanzeh Farooqui, Development Engineering Lead
For too long, textile manufacturers complacent with the status quo have defined the landscape of medical textile manufacturing. The market is inundated with old fashioned practices of lengthy quote cycles, guarded information, and extensive red tape. Driven by an outdated business model, manufacturers have overlooked...

19 Dec Warp Knitting for Biomedical Textiles

Posted at 15:53h in Insights

By Jeffrey Koslosky, Director, Engineering & Product Development
Biomedical textiles come in many forms – namely woven, non-woven, braided and knitted. Knitted fabric structures, which can be formed via warp knitting or weft knitting, are highly flexible, conformable and often have high porosity....

27 Aug INNOVATE, SOLVE, DELIVER.

Posted at 16:24h in Insights

By: Luis Padilla, President
You are stuck. The problem feels unsolvable. You have spoken with numerous companies, but everyone seems to offer the same answers but no solutions. There are many medical device development companies out there, but not all of them are willing to move outside their comfort zone...