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Technology

Our novel, absorbable, medical-grade PHA polymers are highly adaptable to your needs. Want to learn more about our technology?

Potential Applications:

• Orthopedic Repair
  • Nerve guides
  • Tendon wraps
  • Osteochondral implants
  • Articular Cartilage
  • Spinal implants
  • Screws
  • Joint spacers
• Tissue engineering scaffolds
• Drug Delivery
  • Depot formulations for systemic drug delivery
  • Site-specific local drug delivery implants
  • Drug-device combinations
• Stents
  • Drug-eluting coating for coronary stents
  • Fully absorbable peripheral stents
  • Fully absorbable coronary stents
  • Non-vascular stents
• Microspheres
  • Structural tissue bulking
  • Cosmetic Surgery
  • Endovascular embolization

Tepha’s Capabilities:

• Extrusion of monofilament and multifilament fiber, tubing, and films is done on site at our Lexington, MA facility
• Tepha’s advanced development capabilities allow various alternative polymer constructions:
  • Non-woven, melt-blown, and dry spun fabrics
  • Knitted meshes
  • Woven and non-woven constructs
  • Porous foams
  • Tissue engineering scaffolds
  • Microspheres
  • Composite Material

Tepha also has the unique ability to create all-new polymer formulations and blends adapted to your purposes. To learn how our advanced facilities offer exciting partnership opportunities, check out the Partnership – Facilities section.

¹ Martin, D. P & Williams, S. F. (2002). Biochemical Engineering Journal 16, 97-105.