News and Events - Cortland Biomedical

29 Sep Cortland Biomedical Closes 2020 Fiscal Year with Continued Investments for Increasing Medical Textile Innovation

Posted at 13:04h in Press Releases

Cortland, NY, September 29, 2020 - During a year marked by unprecedented global challenges, Cortland Biomedical remained steadfast in its commitment to advance the possibilities for less invasive surgical procedures through the development of advanced medical textile constructions. The full-service medical textiles product development partner -- which provides access to...

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...

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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....

13 Jul Developing Heart Valve Fabric with Knitting and Weaving Technologies

Posted at 19:42h in Resources

Heart valve surgery is a procedure to treat heart valve disease and can involve at least one of the four heart valves not working properly. The four valves are the mitral, the tricuspid, the aortic and the pulmonary – and they work together to keep the blood flowing in the...

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...

26 Jun 5 medical device industry supplier innovations you should know

Posted at 19:26h in Coverage

Armed with fully electronic knitting machines with advanced software that allows for infinite patterns and repetitions, Cortland Biomedical has begun developing fabric patterns with areas that vary in density to alternately prevent leakage and promote tissue regeneration. Learn more here. ...

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...

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14 May Textile Construction for Bony and Soft Tissue Stabilization Developed with Rapid and Iterative Prototyping

Posted at 14:51h in Resources

Cortland Biomedical was recently asked to develop a robust woven biomedical textile tape for an orthopedic product that could provide mechanical support for initial soft tissue repair following an injury....

24 Apr Biomedical textiles can drive innovation in orthopedics: Here’s how

Posted at 18:49h in Coverage

Cortland Biomedical's Jeffrey Koslosky explores why orthopedic OEMs are looking to medical textiles for minimally invasive approaches to applications ranging from soft-tissue tears to bone grafts to spinal stabilization and more in the latest issue of Medical Design & Outsourcing. Read article here. ...

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...