A rugged internal bandage

It may look like a delicate doily, but the Bioimplantable Device is arugged internal bandage that helps patients recover swiftly fromshoulder-joint-replacement surgery. Made of standard polyester surgicalthread, the device has an embroidered pattern that gives it strengthand flexibility while imitating human tendons. Once implanted betweenmuscles and bones, the device is never removed; it becomes part of thebody as cells grow over it. This technology is also being used toreplace slipped disks in the neck and to aid in clavicle-replacementsurgery.

Source: ellisdev.co.ukAdded: 9 January 2006