NEOVEIL : PGA Reinforcement Felt

BIO DISTRIBUTION

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Bioabsorbable reinforcement material : Polyglycolic Acid ( PGA )

Soft non woven fabric with elasticity : specific fabrication process

Excellent biocompatibility : PGA used as suture material

Material characteristics

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SHEET Type TUBE Type

Material types

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Mechanism :

1. Strength decreased by hydrolysis2. Absorption3. Metabolization

Complete absorption : 15 weeks

Absorption process

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Tensile strength in saline water at 37°

Absorption process

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Immersion date

Retention of strength

10 days 50 %

20 days 20 %

30 days 0 ％

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Absorption process

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Initially After 4 weeks After 12 weeks

Prevention of air leakage ( bullae )

Reduction of pneumothorax

Reinforcement of weak organs ( bronchi, lungs )

Indications

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One piece method

Patchwork method

Instructions for Use : Sheet

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Spread the sheet across a wide area inside the thorax using forceps

Gently apply on semi-inflated lung

Continue 2 – 3 minutes until completion

One piece method

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Patchwork method

Instructions for use : Tube

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Mount the larger size of the product to the cartridge side of stapler and the smaller size to the anvil side

Hold the regions for stapling operation properly with the stapler

Execute normal operation(fire, cut) of the stapler

Instructions for use : Tube

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Pull out the tacking threadsfollowed by separation ofPGA felt and elastic knit,and gently remove thestapler

Cut apart the end of the feltby scissors or the like, ifnecessary

The covering with forceps-assisted polymeric biodegradable sheet and endostapling method: a simplified technique for wide coverage and reinforcement of staple-line in video-assisted thoracoscopic bullectomy for spontaneous pneumothorax

T. Saito, H. Kaneda, T. Konobu and Y. Saito

Interactive CardioVascular and Thoracic Surgery. 2011; 12: 103–105

Scientific publications

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An Evaluation of the Surgical Morbidity of Polyglycolic Acid Felt in Pulmonary Resections

T. Nakamura, K. Suzuki, T. Mochizuki, Y. Ohde, H. Kobayashi and F. Toyoda Surg Today. 2010; 40:734–737

Scientific publications

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