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This Defense Intelligence Agency reference document, dated 7 January 2010 and prepared under the Acquisition Threat Support series, surveys biomaterials used in medicine. It covers biocompatibility, biosensor membranes, silicones, Teflon, biodegradable polymers, hydrogels, titanium, bioceramics, tissue constructs, cardiovascular stents, contact lenses, drug delivery and dialysis. It concludes that biomaterial performance underlies many medical devices, that the industry is slow to adopt new materials because of testing costs, and that innovation mainly involves new applications of established materials.
UNCLASSIFIED,'/PSll 8PPl!IIIL tjOf! 8Htf/ Figure 6. Silicone Tracheostomy Tube Figure 6 is a representative example of silicone-based medical products involving tubes or catheters. A tracheostomy tube, or "trach tube," is a 2- to 3-inch-long curved metal or plastic tube placed in a surgically created opening (tracheostomy) in the windpipe to keep it open. Versions of these products are used in cases where patients have difficulty breathing on their own, such as in a spinal cord injury. A product known as Mepiform™ is an example of silicone use in a sheet form for the management of scars, particularly keloid scars. Figure 7 shows this product. Figure 7. Silicone Sheets Used Under the Skin as a Physical Supporting Layer for Repair of Scar Tissue 5 UNCLASSIFIED//509 OEEICJOP f !SE ON! X
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