Becton Dickinson and Company (BD) products

TephaFLEX® meshes made from multifilament yarns are being designed to provide surgeons with high strength yet with great softness and flexibility for a number of medical device applications.

Tepha is developing fully absorbable stents and coatings made from TephaFLEX® material. This could allow for local drug elution while leaving no permanent residual polymer, which might address the issue of late stent thrombosis with current DESs. In addition, Tepha is developing fully absorbable polymer stents containing TephaFLEX® material, which would provide the necessary support during the vessel remodeling period and then completely disappear.

Nonwoven textile products made from TephaFLEX® material are being developed with a highly porous structure to promote cellular ingrowth and allow tissue remodeling for tissue engineering and regenerative medicine applications.