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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.