Implants Intracorporeal Textiles

With more than 40 million beats per year, the human heart is one of the most active and most stressed organs in the body. Per minute, up to 5 L of blood must be pumped, and the heart valves must open and close without failure approximately 

In order to bypass blocked blood vessel parts, often woven, weft and warp knitted artificial vessels are used. Their diameter can be up to 30 mm wide. These pros-theses are mainly sealed using collagen or gelatin coating. An alternative is the so-called preclotting where the prosthesis is drenched in the patient s blood and implanted after the blood has clotted. 

Warp-knitted hernia meshes are used in various shapes and sizes, especially for the treatment of tissue fissures (hernia) or in general to reinforce connective tissue. They are produced mainly from polypropylene, polyester, or PVD mono- or multifilament yarns. 

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