Novel Suture Prototype - Project to develop and deliver an innovative late stage prototype process to produce very high strength absorbable coated materials, for use in advanced medical sutures, with potential spin off uses in other medical and non-medica

使用FET设备的国际客户告诉我们，他们正在寻求改进合成可吸收缝线的产品和工艺。我们现在看到了一个解决他们所关注的问题并为FET及其客户带来互利的机会。用于生产外科缝线的传统纺织工艺缓慢，劳动力和能源密集，并且具有其他缺点，当缝线由可吸收聚合物制成时，FET最近开展的一个POC项目探索了一种新的方法，即用复丝前体制造新型合成可吸收缝线，纱线旨在简化制造过程，降低成本和过程中降解的风险。POC的结果使我们能够为进一步的商业化开发工作奠定基础。我们现在有必要的数据来设计这个项目，目的是定义，详细说明和建立一个技术创新过程的预生产原型。开发的知识-如何和原型将使我们能够证明我们的能力，以实现性能飞跃，我们的客户，以帮助他们区分他们的产品范围，并为FET实现销售提供技术和定制设备。我们看到额外的潜在利益，从分拆使用的技术，在非-医疗领域，并作为一个实验工具，小规模评估难以处理/昂贵的原料。

International customers using FET equipment tell us that they are seeking improvements inproduct and process for synthetic absorbable sutures. We now see an opportunity to addresstheir concerns and to potentially deliver mutual benefits to both FET and its customers.The traditional textile processes used in the production of surgical sutures are slow, labourand energy intensive and have other disadvantages which are compounded when the suture ismade from absorbable polymers, which are notoriously expensive and difficult to handle.A recent POC project carried out by FET explored ideas for a novel method of manufacture ofnew synthetic absorbable sutures made from multifilament precursor yarns designed tosimplify the manufacturing process, reducing costs and the risks of in-process degradation.The outcome of the POC allows us to establish a basis for further development work towardscommercialization.We now have the necessary data to design this project, with the aim of defining, specifyingand building a pre-production prototype of a technologically innovative process.The developed know-how and the prototype will allow us to demonstrate our capability toachieve performance leaps to our customers to help them to differentiate their product rangesand for FET to achieve sales by providing technology and custom built equipment.We see additional potential benefits from spin off uses for the technology in non - medicalareas and as an experimental tool for small scale evaluation of difficult-to-process / expensiveraw materials.