Aran Biomedical Teoranta products

Whether braiding, knitting or weaving, Aran Biomedical has significant expertise manufacturing absorbable implantable textiles, such as absorbable mesh for hernia repair, absorbable sutures for sports medicine applications or implantable textiles for cardiovascular applications.

Polyethylene terephthalate (PET)  is the most common resin of the Polyester family, and the fibre is often referred to as Dacron or Terylene in the medical device industry. All our PET is implantable grade, and we work with monofilament and multifilament input yarns to develop low-profile braided constructs for implantable use. The braids can be supplied as components or finished medical devices. Applications can include annuloplasty rings, frame membranes and low-profile sutures.

Aran Biomedical offers PTFE stent encapsulation services for balloon and self-expanding stents. The company has significant expertise covering even the most challenging stent geometries, including conical and flared stents, double flared stents, and even stents featuring integrated electrical components. Stent covering wall thickness can be as low as 40 micron (0.0016″), ensuring minimum impact to sheath size when moving from a bare metal design.  During the development phase, material encapsulation can be optimised to suit individual stent designs and the indication for use. Multi-axial laser processing ensures an optimum finish for the covered stents and the scope to integrate features into the stent wall.

Elastomeric coatings offer numerous functional benefits for implantable devices.  The most obvious application is to create a blood impermeable barrier, which restricts blood flow to key locations. The barrier can also eliminate tissue adhesion to an implant, or contain material, such as thrombus, emboli or ureteral stone fragments, for example.