Hernia Mesh Product with NC State Ties Changing Tissue Repair Surgery BY: ALEX BROWN
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-Line Hernia Mesh is a novel ravel-resistant, warp-knitted mesh used to combat problems in tissue repair surgery. With the help of NC State's Office of Technology Licensing and Duke University’s Office for Translation & Commercialization, the technology was successfully
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patented and licensed for launch as a commercially-available product that is positively impacting the lives of hernia patients. More than 1.5 million abdominal hernia surgeries are performed across the globe each year to repair the
weakened muscle and connective tissue associated with the condition. Hernia patients have often faced the difficult reality that at any moment after surgery internal sutures could tear free from the nearby muscle, causing significant pain and potential long-term health complications.