Hi All,

I am currently working at Ethicon within Operations. As some of you may know or if you don’t know Ethicon is known for developing surgical devices or materials. One such device that they are widely known are there sutures and microneedles. Fortunately for me, I deal with the validation aspect for the manufacturing of sutures and microneedles ranging from 0.061 inches to 0.00240 inches. From what I know, there is a need to develop sutures that decrease healing time and are more durable then the current ones in the market. In addition, as Dr. Simon mentioned there is a need of developing antibiotic releasing devices, particularly within suture design. The manufacturing of these sutures and needles is very time consuming, and I have heard that the sutures of tommorow may be 3D printed, but I am not sure how effective they would be compared to current standards.