Johns Hopkins biomedical engineering students recently took first prize in the university’s Design Day 2009 competition for showing a method that can be used to place a patient’s adult stem cells into sutures. Sutures (for instance Ethicon suture Covidien suture, Autosuture) is the surgical needle that is used to close wounds by medical professionals. Suture needles are used to sew sutures to the tissue. ethicon surgical stapler recall This specific technique that embeds adult stem cells in surgical thread was designed to treat serious orthopedic injuries , such as ruptured tendon. The goal of this technique is to improve the healing process, by reducing inflammation and speeding healing by releasing…
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It’s done to assess the extent and amount of water-borne
The term “water testing” is used to describe a broad description of the various methods that are used to assess the quality of water. Each type of water testing could employ a slightly different procedure however, they all result in the measurement and assessment on the quality of water that is being test. Many water quality tests are carried out each daily to ensure environmental protection and meet the requirements of regulatory authorities. In urban areas with large populations testing for water quality is required since water sources are not guaranteed to be in compliance with standards set by municipal authorities without testing. Ethicon Surgical Stapler Recall The testing of…