New medical devices are developed to enable quicker, easier and safer surgery. This will reduce risk of complications and shorten time needed for recovery.
Absorbable/resorbable medical devices are left in the body where after they are safely resorbed by the tissue.
The innovative resorbable surgical products of the company are unique and protected by patent(s). Devices in development are intended for urology and orthopaedics. LigaTie® is initially intended for veterinary surgery and is clinically tested.
LigaTie® resorbable self-locking loop.
Latest publications:
Laparoscopic cryptorchidectomy using a resorbable self‐locking loop device in dorsally recumbent horses. Bonomelli et al. Vet Surgery 2023
http://doi.org/10.1111/vsu.14001
Evaluation of LigaTie device for total lung lobectomy in small breed dogs - An ex vivo study. Yu et al. Research in Veterinary Science 2023
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rvsc.2023.01.015
Resorbable self‐locking device for canine lung lobectomy: A clinical and experimental study.
K Ishigaki et al. Vet Surgery 2021 https://doi.org/10.1111/vsu.13623
K Ishigaki et al. Vet Surgery 2021: Open access, "read only"-link
Comparison of macroscopic resorption time for a self-locking device and suture material in ovarian pedicle ligation in dogs. da Mota Costa et al. Vet Record 2019 http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/vr.104732
Evaluation of a resorbable self‐locking ligation device for performing peripheral lung biopsies in a caprine cadaveric model. Nylund et al. Vet Surg 2019. https://doi.org/10.1111/vsu.13171
Thoracoscopic‐assisted lung lobectomy in cat cadavers using a resorbable self‐locking ligation device. Nylund et al. Vet Surg 2018 https://doi.org/10.1111/vsu.13109
https://doi.org/10.1177/1553350617751293
Video, Guedes et al: Watch the operation (video is open access, access to journal is required to view publication).
PhD thesis, development project and initial tests of LigaTie®: A resorbable device for ligation of blood vessels. Subtitle: Development, assessment of surgical procedures and clinical evaluation. 2012
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Contact details
Resorbable Devices AB
CEO Odd Viking Höglund, DVM, PhD
Ormvråksvägen 15
75652 UPPSALA
Sweden
Phone: +46703-29 89 50