Biomedical Engineering - Tissue Engineering;

Study Results from S.F. Williams et al Provide

New Insights into Tissue Engineering (The
History of GalaFLEX P4HB Scaffold)
Información de publicación: Biotech Week ; Atlanta [Atlanta]14 Dec 2016: 277.

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According to the news reporters, the research concluded: "The results of post-market clinical studies evaluating
the GalaFLEX Scaffold in rhytidectomy and cosmetic breast surgery demonstrate that the scaffold can reinforce
lifted soft tissue, resulting in persistent surgical results in the face and neck at one year, and provide lower pole
stability after breast lift at one year."

TEXTO COMPLETO
 
2016 DEC 14 (NewsRx) -- By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Biotech Week -- Fresh data on Biomedical
Engineering - Tissue Engineering are presented in a new report. According to news reporting originating in
Lexington, Massachusetts, by NewsRx journalists, research stated, "The GalaFLEX Scaffold (Galatea Surgical, Inc.,
Lexington, MA) for plastic and reconstructive surgery belongs to a new generation of products for soft tissue
reinforcement made from poly-4-hydroxybutyrate (P4HB). Other members of this new family of products include
MonoMax Suture (Aesculap AG, Tuttlingen, Germany) for soft tissue approximation, BioFiber Scaffold (Tornier, Inc.,
Edina, MN) for tendon repair, and Phasix Mesh (C.R."
The news reporters obtained a quote from the research, "Bard, Inc., Murray Hill, NJ) for hernia repair. Each of these
fully resorbable products provides prolonged strength retention, typically 50% to 70% strength retention at 12
weeks, and facilitates remodeling in vivo to provide a strong, lasting repair. P4HB belongs to a naturally occurring
class of biopolymers and fibers made from it are uniquely strong, flexible, and biocompatible. GalaFLEX Scaffold is
comprised of high-strength, resorbable P4HB monofilament fibers. It is a knitted macroporous scaffold intended to
elevate, reinforce, and repair soft tissue. The scaffold acts as a lattice for new tissue growth, which is rapidly
vascularized and becomes fully integrated with adjacent tissue as the fibers resorb. In this review, we describe the
development of P4HB, its production, properties, safety, and biocompatibility of devices made from P4HB. Early
clinical results and current clinical applications of products made from P4HB are also discussed."
According to the news reporters, the research concluded: "The results of post-market clinical studies evaluating
the GalaFLEX Scaffold in rhytidectomy and cosmetic breast surgery demonstrate that the scaffold can reinforce
lifted soft tissue, resulting in persistent surgical results in the face and neck at one year, and provide lower pole
stability after breast lift at one year."
For more information on this research see: The History of GalaFLEX P4HB Scaffold. Aesthetic Surgery Journal,
2016;36():S33-S42. Aesthetic Surgery Journal can be contacted at: Oxford Univ Press Inc, Journals Dept, 2001
Evans Rd, Cary, NC 27513, USA. (Sage Publications - www.sagepub.com/; Aesthetic Surgery Journal -
aes.sagepub.com)
Our news correspondents report that additional information may be obtained by contacting D.P. Martin, Galatea
Surg Inc, Lexington, MA 02421, United States. Additional authors for this research include D.P. Martin and A.C.

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Materia: Hernias; Plastic surgery; Biomedical engineering; Tissue engineering

Lugar: Massachusetts

Identificador / palabra City:Lexington State:Massachusetts Country:United States Region:North and Central

clave: America Biomedical Engineering Tissue Engineering Bioengineering Biotechnology
Biomedicine Surgery

Título: Biomedical Engineering - Tissue Engineering; Study Results from S.F. Williams et al
Provide New Insights into Tissue Engineering (The History of GalaFLEX P4HB
Scaffold)

Título de publicación: Biotech Week; Atlanta

Primera página: 277

Año de publicación: 2016

Fecha de publicación: Dec 14, 2016

Editorial: NewsRx

Lugar de publicación: Atlanta

País de publicación: United States, Atlanta

Materia de publicación: Medical Sciences--Computer Applications

ISSN: 15352757

Tipo de fuente: Wire Feeds

Idioma de la publicación: English

Tipo de documento: Expanded Reporting

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