The suture knot eventually slides inside the anterior chamber approximating the iris defect, with a difference that the knot lies on the posterior surface of the iris. The suture ends are cut with ...

Postoperative image after single-pass four-throw pupilloplasty showing the position of the Prolene suture. In a small study of knot analysis by SD-OCT, the mean length and height of the knot were ...

INNOVATOR Q&A This R.I. startup wants to change the way sports medicine treats injuries “What we’ve come up with here is, think of it as a zip tie, but it’s a suture zip tie,” said Tom ...

Researchers have used a new biodegradable material to make surgical sutures that knot and tighten themselves as they warm to body temperature. The new material could help surgeons working in tight ...

EPFL researchers have published a first study on the mechanics of surgical knots, with results that could be used to train surgeons to tie stronger, safer sutures – a skill that usually requires ...

A smart suture that ties itself into the perfect knot kicks off the first of many potential medical applications for new biodegradable plastics with "shape memory" developed at MIT and the ...

A combination of stomping and whipping explain why your shoelaces seem to come undone all by themselves. In 2015, MIT researchers came up with an equation for the simplest knots to describe the ...

A biodegradable plastic that changes shape as it is warmed could be used as a self-tying suture, other medical applications CBC News · Posted: Apr 25, 2002 7:27 PM EDT | Last Updated: April 25, 2002 ...