NORTH HAVEN, Conn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Covidien (NYSE: COV), a leading global provider of healthcare products, today announced the worldwide launch of the SILS™ Stitch articulating suturing device for ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . A micro-anchor skin closure device [BandGrip] produces significantly faster orthopedic incision closure times ...

CHICAGO (April 20, 2009) – New research published in the April issue of the Journal of the American College of Surgeons suggests that, among surgeons inexperienced in laparoscopic techniques, closing ...

Laparoscopy is a minimal invasive surgery, which is done using various laparoscopic instruments such as laparoscopic suturing needles, laparoscopic suturing devices, laparoscopic needle holders etc.

Dissolvable sutures was by itself quite a novel development in the field of wound closure. But Philadelphia startup ZSX Medical, founded in 2009, wants to improve the way those sutures actually ...

The decision to use sutures or staples to close incisions after a cesarean delivery has been debated in the obstetrics community, but results from a new study seem to give sutures the edge, at least ...