Medovent - from nature's perfection
to the best of medicine
Exceptional biopolymers for medical implants
Chitin and chitosan are ideal biomaterials for medical applications. Their natural properties, particularly their biocompatibility, exceed many synthetic polymers, but processing difficulties have limited their applications.
Medovent GmbH is the first company to develop and manufacture medical devices of many designs and functionalities on the basis of chitin and chitosan. The company utilises its novel, proprietary technologies to produce most advanced medical implants that guarantee highest quality, safety and performance to patients.
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Chitin and chitosan based biopolymers have the potential to replace many known biocompatible, biodegradable synthethic polymers.
Why is this so?
These biopolymers combine a variety of features making them unique and superior to other biodegradable polymers:
- Highly biocompatible - no local irritation or inflammation
- Controlled degradable - through processing, degradation can be triggered
- Complete degradation - without fragmentation or residues
- No toxic degradation products - all are natural constituents of the body
- Antibacterial - a natural characteristic of these biopolymers
- Accelerated tissue healing - a natural feature already employed in medical devices
- Sterilisable - without losing mechanical stability or intrinsic characteristics
- Processible - into fibres, tubes, sheets and coatings
