SutureWeld: a novel ultrasonic implant welding technology for surgical suture holding

OsteoWeld是一家高度创新的医疗技术中小企业，其技术专长使其能够开发出可降解的超声波驱动缝合植入物解决方案(SutureWeld)，确保最佳缝合张力并防止愈合过程中的打结滑脱。与外科打结相关的主要挑战之一，特别是在关节镜手术中，是很难通过器械将张力转移到打结处，导致无效打结导致打滑或缝合断裂。许多外科医生承认需要有效的解决方案，如SutureWeld，以克服这一挑战，帮助他们进行有效的缝合，极大地减少并发症，从而减少患者的不适并加速患者的康复。该项目旨在开发首个基于超声波的外科缝合解决方案，通过将OsteoWeld的植入焊接技术应用于骨与骨和骨与肌腱的撕裂修复过程，避免对打结技术的需要。OsteoWeld建议的解决方案将产生一种有效的缝合方案和易于使用的器械，使得在整个愈合过程中能够保持最佳的缝合张力，而不需要进行植入物移除手术，因为一旦愈合，这些东西就会被人体完全吸收。因此，该项目将使OsteoWeld获得有利的市场地位，与预期的外科手术激增保持一致。SutureWeld将允许全球医疗保健提供商节省大量时间和成本，同时为外科医生提供更具可重复性的解决方案，以解决棘手的手术打结问题。

OsteoWeld is a highly innovative medtech SME, whose technical expertise has enabled it to develop a degradable ultrasonic-driven suturing implant solution ('SutureWeld') that guarantees optimal suture tension and prevents knot slippage during the healing process.One of the main challenges associated with surgical knot-tying, especially during arthroscopic surgeries, is the difficulty of tension transfer to the knot through the instrumentation, leading to ineffective knots that result in slippage or suture rupture. Many surgeons acknowledge the need for effective solutions, such as the SutureWeld, to overcome this challenge, helping them to perform effective suturing, dramatically reducing complications and therefore, reducing patient discomfort and accelerating patient recovery.This project aims to develop the first ultrasonic-based solution for surgical suturing that avoids the need for knot-tying techniques by applying OsteoWeld's implant welding technology applied to bone-to-bone and bone-to-tendon laceration repairing procedures. OsteoWeld's proposed solution will produce an effective suturing protocol and easy-to-use instrumentation that will enable optimal suture tension to be maintained throughout the healing process with no need for implant removal surgery, as these are completely absorbed by the human body once healing has occurred.This project will therefore enable OsteoWeld to secure an advantageous market position in line with an expected upsurge of surgical procedures. SutureWeld will allow global healthcare providers to make significant time and cost savings, while providing surgeons with a more reproducible solution for difficult surgical knot-tying concerns.