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Images from video. The lung lobe was passed through the LigaTie^®  loop, the loop was tightened which compressed tissue, where after the lung lobe was removed.

Cystic duct pressures after ligation with a novel absorbable device in an ex vivo caprine cholecystectomy model, by Sundholm Tepper et al, in The Canadian Journal of Veterinary Research, 2017;81:223-227

Ligation of the mesovarium in dogs with a self-locking implant of a resorbable polyglycolic based co-polymer: a study of feasibility and comparison to suture ligation, by da Mota Costa et al in BMC Research Notes, April 2016

Ligation of the spermatic cord in dogs with a self-locking device of a resorbable polyglycolic based co-polymer – feasibility and long-term follow-up study, by Höglund et al in BMC Research Notes, November 2014

Presentations at conferences involving the device made of the present resorbable co-polymer:

• ECVS 2019, A resorbable self-locking loop tested in a case series of canine lung lobectomy. A yearly surgery conference ECVS 

• ACVS 2018, a yearly surgery conference, ACVS Summit. Abstract Experimental study canine lung lobectomy, page 28

• Kirurgveckan, Helsingborg, 2018

• Kirurgveckan, Jönköping, 2017

• ACVS 2017, a yearly surgery conference ACVS Summit. Abstract (... Canine Lung Lobectomy) at page 33.

• ACVS 2016, a yearly surgery conference ACVS Summit. Abstract at page 18.

• ECVS 2016, a yearly surgery conference ECVS

• ACVS 2014, a yearly surgery conference ACVS Summit

• SEVC 2013, Spain, a yearly veterinary conference SEVC

• ACVS 2013, a yearly surgery conference ACVS Summit

• SEVC 2012, Spain, a yearly veterinary conference SEVC

• ECVS 2011, a yearly surgery conference ECVS

Links to publications involving the design of the device and the initial use of polydioxanone:

•A new resorbable device for ligation of blood vessels - A pilot study

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• Ligation of the Ovarian Pedicle in Dogs with a Resorbable Self-Locking Device – A Long-Term Follow-up Study

• Degradation profile and preliminary clinical testing of a resorbable device for ligation of blood vessels by N. Aminlashgari et al in Acta Biomaterialia, June 2013

• PhD Thesis: Title: A resorbable device for ligation of blood vessels. Subtitle: Development, assessment of surgical procedures and clinical evaluation.

Presentations (results of studies have been presented as abstracts) at conferences involving the device and the original use of polydioxanone:

• BSAVA congress UK, 2011.

• ESB European Conference on Biomaterials 2010.

• Allmänna Veterinärkongressen 2010, a yearly veterinary conference in Sweden.

• ECVS 2010, a yearly surgery conference.

• Kirurgveckan 2009 and 2010, a yearly surgery conference in Sweden.

• SEVC Spain, 2009 and 2011.