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Annuloplasty Ring​

  • 100% electrospun polymers

  • Usable as sewing cuff ring

Electrospun Stent Sheath

  • Shown in deployed position

  • Expands with stent

Flexible Artificial Arteries

  • Mini-crimp for kink resistance
    while minimizing turbulence

Battlefield Wound Pack

  • Electrospun outer surface

  • Encapsulated absorbent

Design Versatility
Customizable Solutions

Electrospinning can be adapted to virtually any application that requires a nanofibrous material or coating.  Materials are usually made by first electrospinning a layer of polymer onto a rotating mandrel. Next, the material can be slid off of the mandrel to produce a tube, cut and peeled off of the mandrel to create a flat sheet, or left on a device if the material is coated onto it.  Mandrels with very small or large diameters can be electrospun onto, and the Bio-Spun™ materials and coatings can be made as thin as a few microns to as thick as several millimeters. The current state of this technology is designed for rapid prototyping and reproducibility but can be affordably scaled to mass production.

During or immediately after electrospinning, these materials can be manipulated in various ways to alter its final form. For example, our Bio-Spun™ materials can be stretched and twisted to make sutures, our tubes can be crimped to make kink-resistant artificial blood vessels, or multiple layers can be fused to encapsulate internal structures. The images below illustrate a few examples of our devices, demonstrating the flexibility of our technology to form various shapes. All of these products have the microstructural benefits of a Bio-Spun™ material in terms of healing and can possess elasticity, have excellent strength, can be made of biodegradable or nondegradable polymers, have state-of-the-art drug delivery capabilities, and can undergo surface modifications to either improve wicking/hydrophilicity or incorporate/bind various bioactives.

Thin Walled Tube/Capsule

  • 0.75 mm internal diameter

  • 50-300 µm wall thickness

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Nanofibrous Suture​

  • Size 2-0 to 10-0 thickness

  • Strength and/or elasticity

High-Strength Soft Tether​

  • High-strength textile core

  • Electrospun bioactive shell

Tapered Artificial Artery​

  • Taper mimics anatomy

  • Encapsulated anti-kink braid

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