"As a Board Certified surgical podiatrist, I wanted to create an improved surgical tool for skin closures," said an inventor, ...

My dog had a growth removed a few weeks ago (benign, yay!) and had his stitches out today. His wound opened up and when I took them back in instead of suturing him again, they put in staples. I was ...

Makers of surgical staplers and the implantable staples they’re loaded with will now need to jump through extra hoops before their products can be used to divide, seal and connect internal tissues for ...

Two recent clinical studies from ZipLine Medical showed that its surgical wound closure system demonstrated improvements in both patient outcomes and overall costs compared to surgical staples. The ...

CAMPBELL, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--ZipLine Medical, Inc. today announced publication of positive results from two significant clinical studies in two peer-reviewed journals demonstrating that use of ...

Scientists are now looking for inspiration in nature to further improve patients' healing process. The future might see doctors using porcupine quills as surgical staples. To stitch up a physical ...

Women giving birth by Caesarean section could be the first to benefit from a revolutionary Israeli invention for closing surgical incisions without stitches or staples. The technique also promises to ...

At first, the idea of using porcupine quills to patch up wounds sounds torturous. But now researchers are taking inspiration from the spiky rodent to make a new type of surgical staple that may be ...